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Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.comLorrie Ellison, of Arlington Heights, center, claps in anticipation for the start of the annual 5K Santa Run through downtown Arlington Heights.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.comCongregants at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington say a prayer as they hold up holiday care/gift packages which will be send to 70,000 people incarcerated in Illinois.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.comKids jump up and down as they warm up for the Reindeer Run preceding the annual 5K Santa Run through downtown Arlington Heights.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.comElmhurst Police Officer Alex Krupnik is all smiles as Mina Alliji, 6, of Elmhurst shops for a doll for Christmas at the Bloomingdale Meijer as part of the DuPage County Sheriff's Office "Shop-with-the-Sheriff" and DuPage County Chiefs of Police Association "Shop-with-a-Cop" event Saturday.
Luis Gonzalez, of Chicago carries the Guadalupe torch at the Our Lady of Guadalupe festival in Des Plaines on Friday.
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Brian Hill/lstoecker@dailyherald.comSanta talks to nine-year-old Kyle Corbin, of Elgin during the 17th annual Elgin Tree lighting Saturday at the Civic Center Plaza.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.comBarrington Village President Karen Darch, right, and Barrington Sesquicentennial Co-Chair Debbie Villers, with grandchildren, from left, Wyatt, Theo, and Cora Villers, light the village's official Christmas tree.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.comDave Collier, of Vernon Hills helps his son, Ben, 3, get the hang of drumming during a drum circle event at the Hawthorn Middle School South Winter Boutique in Vernon Hills Saturday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.comCole Murphy, 2, of Lisle takes a look at a reindeer while attending Lisle's Once Upon a Christmas celebration at Lisle Station Park, Sunday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.comKyra Borchers reads holiday stories in the one-room school house at Blackberry Farm during their Holiday Express celebration, Sunday in Aurora.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.comApparently I have a thing for photographing things (clowns) in costumes. I guess that I never noticed it until I went back and looked through some of the images from my Instagram feed. I regularly post to Facebook, twitter and Instagram with some interesting images and links to relevant articles that I worked on or think that people might want to see. To connect with me on social media you can check out the following:Facebook ~ https://www.facebook.com/DHBrianHillTwitter ~ @DHBrianhillInstagram ~ http://instagram.com/thebrianhill or @thebrianhillThis photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.comLeft to right: Rebecca Sobolewski, 17, of Hanover Park; Hannah Nelson, 17, of South Elgin, and Tessa Pfortmiller, 18, of Elgin near the finish line of the TriCity Family Services seventh annual Snowflake Shuffle 5K run in Mill Creek subdivision in Geneva Saturday. This was Sobolewski and Pfortmiller's first time running in a 5K. Nelson, who runs in races often, helped her friends prepare for the race.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.comDense fog blanketed the northwest suburbs as Eugene and Daisy Kim, of Palatine walk their dogs Tom and Jerry on Monday morning.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.comThree-year-old Savannah Goodman, of Gurnee grabs candy canes as the Lake Zurich Lions Club hosted the 9th annual Candy Cane Hunt in Lion Fred Blau Park Sunday.
Actors in colorful costumes prepare to dance at the Our Lady of Guadalupe festival in Des Plaines on Friday.
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Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.comPearl Harbor survivor Joe Triolo, 95, of Zion salutes during the Remembrance Day Ceremony at Prairie Lakes Theater in Des Plaines on Monday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.comSanta Claus, played by Kenneth Ward of Spring Grove, touches the nose of five-month-old Dean Pomo, held by his mother, Tammy, at Moose Lodge 691 in Johnsburg during the Shop with a Cop program with the Fox Lake Police Department on Monday. The program benefits Fox Lake children in need, allowing them to purchase clothing and toys.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.comTeresa Hernandez, of West Chicago chooses toys during the People's Resource Center "Share the Spirt" program that distributes toys to more than 900 needy families from DuPage County.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.comLake County Sheriff's Reserve Deputy Stan Taylor has fun with Gavin Central third grade student Chevelle Reilly during Tuesday's Lake County Sheriff's Association 4th Annual Shop with a Sheriff event at the Mundelein Target.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.comWauconda barber Will Tremont cuts the hair of long-time customer, Chris Weiler, of Wauconda at his Main Street shop, Tremonte's Barber Shop, on Wednesday. Tremont celebrates his 35-year anniversary in Wauconda cutting hair.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.comOne hundred-year-old Joe Stepanek, of Antioch plays bridge at the Antioch Senior Center.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.comMuslim student Hiba Hashim, in yellow, helps senior Carter Ray with her hijab during the "Walk a Mile in Her Hijab" event Wednesday at Vernon Hills High School. The program was sponsored by the VHHS Muslim Student Association to promote awareness of the Muslim culture.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.comKids react to Jerry Zimmerman, known as Mr. Freeze from Fermilab, as he puts on his cryogenics show for 6th graders at Leman Middle School in West Chicago.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.comGrayslake Central High School Student Council President Emily York sorts canned goods during the school's 23rd annual food drive.
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