Likely the last Santa Claus photo you will see until next year
Likely the last Santa Clause photos you will see until next year
An "O" gauge steam engine blows a smoke ring in the shape of a heart as it rolls around the track Sunday at the Kishwaukee Valley & Eakin Creek Model Railroad Club holiday display in the Prairie Lodge of Sun City Huntley.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Six-year-old Daniel Shon, of Des Plaines works on a project alongside a Lego ginger bread house in the Holiday Village at the Legoland Discovery Center in Schaumburg.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Four-year-old Nolan Nixon prays with the Angels Choir during the 4th annual Live Nativity at the United Methodist Church of Libertyville. Pouring rain moved the event from Cook Memorial Park to inside the church.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
My Father's Love, the intensely detailed art from the late Ed Lantzer, a homeless Michigan man, is on display at Foulds Gallery in Libertyville. The exhibit consists of 30 4 X 8 pieces of plywood decorated with intricate images made of pieces of wood.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Ava Yatabe, 8, of Highland Park hugs Santa, played by Robbie Levensbaum, during "Breakfast With Santa" at Lambs Farm in Libertyville on Sunday. Families enjoyed brunch as children visited with Santa and made holiday crafts.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Sisters Suzanna, 3, left, Stella, 10, and Sofia Pashyan, 8, of Hawthorn Woods use watercolor to paint poinsettias during the "Viva! Mexico" program Monday at Ela Area Public Library in Lake Zurich. The event featured stories about Mexico and an art project based on poinsettias.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
The overall winner of the Daily Herald's annual Holiday Lights Contest as voted on by Daily Herald readers is the Fiandaca family at 6 Grayhawk Court in Algonquin.
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
Three-year-old Jalil Lake gets some help shooting the ball from a friend, Jaylen Johnson, 17, both of Gurnee during halftime at the 2015 Blue Devil Classic at Warren Township High School in Gurnee. The two were cheering for the Warren girls basketball team in their game against Wheeling on Wednesday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
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
The Junia house on Carlisle Road in Hawthorn Woods is the Lake County winner of the Daily Herald's annual Holiday Lights Contest.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
The Cook winner of the Daily Herald's annual Holiday Lights Contest.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Christmas tree lights give off a blurry glow in the night. I found the shapes relaxing and even hypnotic as I stared at them. I shot this with a Nikon macro 105 lens at 5.6 to keep the shapes in their current form. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Bagger Jorge Mejia fills bags with groceries for customer Maria Malloy of Lake Forest Tuesday at Sunset Foods in Lake Forest. Mejia is the fastest bagger in Illinois and will be competing in the national grocery bagging competition in Las Vegas in February.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
The compass points etched in stone at the DuPage County Veterans memorial in Wheaton point to all parts of the globe where United States service men and women have served and died for freedom. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
You can't go wrong with pictures of kids or animals. Which is why my Perspective features usually feature one or the other or, when I'm really lucky, both. Today it's just the animal. I worked on a story about Ganon the micro pig and his owners' efforts to make them legal as house pets in Elgin. I foolishly told my 10-year-old daughter about it. Hopefully Santa doesn't leave a wriggling little package under the tree. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald. To comment, please contact Rick West, rwest@dailyherald.com. Twitter - @dhrickwest Instagram - @rickwest Facebook - www.facebook.com/rick.west.7393.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Parents record the performance of the children's choir Thursday at a Christmas service at Hosanna! Lutheran Church in St. Charles.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Pam Rohde, of Lombard plays the bells as Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Lombard has a Christmas Eve Children's Mass in which children participated in leading the liturgy and the Joyful Juniors Children's Choir song.
Paul Michna/pmichna@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
Seaman Recruit Makayla Gottschalk, of Arizona 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
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, the wheelchair was the closest chair they could find.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
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