Images: Christmas Day in the suburbs
Christmas was celebrated throughout the Chicago suburbs Friday and Daily Herald photographers were out documenting some of the local events.
From Cook County, Kane County, to DuPage County, we visited many people sharing their Christmas with others.
We witnessed a day long event for sailors from the Naval Station Great Lakes. The Islamic Center of Naperville delivering breakfast to firefighters in Naperville. The Elgin fire department visiting Advocate Sherman Hospital and the annual Lazarus House Christmas dinner at the Methodist church in St. Charles.
Malakai Hying, 5, of St. Charles picks out his own dinner roll while his father, Hunter, holds his plate for him during the annual Christmas luncheon at Lazarus House in St. Charles Friday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Jacque Miller of South Elgin sings Christmas songs while guests dine at Lazarus House's annual Christmas luncheon in St. Charles Friday. This is the fourth year Miller has come to perform at the meal, which she does because she simply enjoys it.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Nathan Pirog, 2 1/2, of Carol Stream isn't quite game for sitting on Santa's lap while his mother, Jennifer, holds him at the Emergency Room desk at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin Christmas Day morning. Santa (John Botkin of Burlington) and Elgin Fire Station 3 made their second annual visit to the hospital on the holiday. Botkin is the father of Elgin firefighter Nathan Botkin. (Santa isn't injured, but the wheelchair was the closest chair nearby they could find.)
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Nathan Pirog, 2 1/2, of Carol Stream is greeted by Santa (John Botkin of Burlington) at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin Christmas Day morning. Nathan was being admitted to the hospital after having issues with breathing and a fever.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Avery David, born on December 17, wears a Santa hat as she and her mother, Christy, of South Elgin head home on Christmas Day from Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Elgin firefighter Nathan Botkin, left, and Santa (Nathan's father John Botkin of Burlington) are led by security through the pediatric unit at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin Christmas Day morning to visit a few patients.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Santa (John Botkin of Burlington) holds four-day-old Cherish Davis of Elgin during his visit at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin Christmas Day morning. Santa and Elgin Fire Station 3 paid a visit to the hospital for the second year in a row. Santa is the father of Elgin firefighter Nathan Botkin.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Santa (John Botkin of Burlington) waves into a child's room as he and son, Elgin firefighter Nathan Botkin, and Elgin Battalion Chief Terry Bruce visit patients at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin on Christmas Day morning.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Seaman Recruit Makayla Gottschalk of Arizone talks to her family on a borrowed phone during a Christmas party for Great Lakes sailors at Christian Liberty Academy Friday in Arlington Heights.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Seaman Yvette Chavira of California shares a laugh with her family as she talks on a borrowed phone during a Christmas party for Great Lakes sailors at Christian Liberty Academy Friday in Arlington Heights.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Seaman Recruit Danielle Estrada of Texas holds the phone for Seaman Recruit Bethany Weems of California as she talks to her family on a borrowed phone during a Christmas party for Great Lakes sailors at Christian Liberty Academy Friday in Arlington Heights.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Gold Star mother Linda Stack talks about the Christmas party for Great Lakes sailors at Christian Liberty Academy Friday in Arlington Heights. The event honors the loving memory of Marine LCpl James B. Stack who was killed in action in service to his country in Afghanistan 2010.
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Gold Star father Bob Stack talks about the Christmas party for Great Lakes sailors at Christian Liberty Academy Friday in Arlington Heights. The event honors the loving memory of Marine LCpl James B. Stack who was killed in action in service to his country in Afghanistan 2010.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Girl Scouts Barakah and Yusra Mulla, right, from the Islamic Center of Naperville delivered a Christmas morning breakfast for Naperville firefighters Lt. Bill Kostelny, left, and Brandon Matheny. Girl Scouts under the Islamic Center of Naperville provided breakfast to all 10 fire stations in Naperville.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Nahid Qureshi, left, and her daughters Yusra Mulla, Barakah Mulla, and husband Niyaz Mulla prepare a table at Naperville Fire Station 7. Girl Scouts from the Islamic Center of Naperville delivered them a Christmas morning breakfast.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Girl Scouts from the Islamic Center of Naperville prepare to play Santa for Naperville firefighters, delivering them breakfast on Christmas morning. Above, Saima Hasan, program director of the Girl Scouts under the Islamic Center of Naperville, discusses the food delivery routes to the 10 different Naperville fire stations.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Girl Scouts from the Islamic Center of Naperville prepare to deliver a Christmas morning breakfast to Naperville firefighters working at the city's 10 fire stations. Over 60 scouts and their parents participated in the project which was funded by a fall candy sale.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
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