Images: Suburban Christmas tree lighting events
Santa visits with Gianna Corzine,6, of Bloomingdale at the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Addison Village Hall Friday.
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An ornament graces the tree at the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Addison Village Hall Friday.
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The Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Addison Village Hall Friday attracted well over 100 people.
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Anna Marie Ciccone of Addison points to Christmas tree lights while Anna Fiorentino of Chicago looks on at the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Addison Village Hall Friday.
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Toby Bastin, 4, and his mom Christine of Lake in the Hills admire a holiday tree decorated with donuts by the Lake in the Hills Police Department during the 2011 Festival of Trees and Santa Ride In at Lake in the Hills VIllage Hall on Friday night.
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A holiday tree was decorated with frosted and sprinkled donuts by the Lake in the Hills Police Department for the 2011 Festival of Trees and Santa Ride In at Lake in the Hills VIllage Hall on Friday night.
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Santa Claus greets a crowd gathered to greet him after arriving on a firetruck for the 2011 Festival of Trees and Santa Ride In at Lake in the Hills VIllage Hall on Friday night.
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Wesley Linnenburger, 4, of Hawthorn Woods rides on his dads shoulders and keeps an eye out for Santa Claus at the villages annual holiday tree lighting ceremony at Village Hall.
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Angelina Lagon, 5, of Hawthorn Woods visits with Santa Claus after the villages annual holiday tree lighting ceremony.
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Wesley Linnenburger, 4, of Hawthorn Woods keeps an eye out for Santa Claus.
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Holly Rodgers, 8, and her sister Hahhah, 4, of Hawthorn Woods, are all smiles as they visit with Santa Claus after the villages annual holiday tree lighting ceremony at Village Hall.
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A large crowd turned out for the Streamwood tree lighting ceremony which featured carols and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.
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Zander Tinerella, 7, of Streamwood, tells Santa what he wants for Christmas before the Streamwood tree lighting ceremony.
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The Streamwood High school Choir, including Amy Yucus, left, and Emmalie Hall-Skanka, both of Streamwood, sing carols before the Streamwood tree lighting ceremony.
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Juliana Garcia, 8, of Bartlett, left, and Nicole Smola, 5, of Streamwood, throw the switch to light the tree at Streamwood Village Hall as Mayor Billie Roth looks on during the lighting ceremony. The tree has over 16,000 lights.
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Natalie Smith, 13, of Bartlett limbos with her friends under a low-hanging string of lights following the Bartlett tree lighting Friday.
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Lights and branches make an abstract pattern after the lighting of the Bartlett Christmas tree Friday.
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MaryAnn Grsswold, of St. Charles, sings carols during the annual Christmas Walk Friday in Geneva. Shops on Third Street in Geneva were open late as a part of the festival, which included the lighting of the city tree.
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The Garcia Family of Geneva help to light the city Christmas tree during the annual Christmas Walk Friday in Geneva.
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Patrick and Michael McChrystal, 3, both of Geneva, look at ornaments on the towns Christmas tree during the annual Christmas Walk Friday in Geneva.
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Nick Regelbrugge, 9, of St. Charles, and Stephanie Spolum, of St. Charles, play a duet during the annual Christmas Walk Friday in Geneva. Spolum, an instructor at the Stephanie Spolum Piano Studio, played Christmas songs with her students as a part of their holiday concert. Its a chance to relax, and spread some holiday cheer, Spolum said.
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Santa visits with Bridget Sloan, 10, left, of Des Plaines and her sister Jackie, 8, prior to the tree lighting in Metropolitan Square, Des Plaines, Friday afternoon.
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