Look: The holidays arrive in style in The Week in Pictures photo gallery
Left to right, AJ Galass, 9, Landon Theodosopoulos, 10, and JT Feehan, 10, all members of South Elgin Little League, team up to launch a “snowball slingshot” during An Almost Winter Day at SEBA Park on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 in South Elgin.
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Snow falls as drivers commute home on Route 22 in Fox River Grove Wednesday evening, Nov. 20, 2024.
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Gavin Hagge and his family are at odds with District 301 over his handicap parking placard.
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All bundled up to keep the snow flurries out, a man walks towards Festival Park Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 in Elgin.
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Santa greets families during the Village of Schaumburg tree lighting ceremony at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 in Schaumburg.
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A driver in Elgin has a whimsical message for the snow flurries that hit the Chicago area Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.
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North School Park is filled with people during the tree lighting Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 in Arlington Heights.
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Jim Mitchell, owner of Mitchell Jewelers, shovels snow from the sidewalk outside his shop in downtown Arlington Heights on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.
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Ismael, a student at The Centre of Elgin’s pre-k program, gives a rose to Betty McKeown during a celebration Thursday for her upcoming hundredth birthday.
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Children react as they see Santa Claus in the parade at the Aurora holiday tree lighting event on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.
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Folks line up to donate to charitable organizations through the Light the World Giving Machines at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora Friday. The vending machines allow people to purchase necessities like food, clothing, and baby supplies for people in need with one hundred percent of all donations go directly to nonprofits. Local charities involved include Phil's Friends, Little Friends, Lazarus House, Bernie's Book Bank, Loaves & Fishes, and Watt's of Love, along with national nonprofits UNICEF USA and Church World Service.
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Even Santa Claus stopped to watch a drone light show at the Aurora holiday tree lighting event on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.
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US Postal Service mailman and Aurora resident Jaylen Lockhart, 26, is introduced to the crowd by Mayor Richard Irvin at the Aurora holiday tree lighting event on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. Lockhart saved a person’s life on his route a few days earlier.
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Buddhist monk Mahesh Kumarasinghe leads a meditation group at Sunrise Senior Living on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 in Prospect Heights.
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A live 33-foot tall blue spruce Christmas tree, which was donated by Bryan and Debby McMahan of West Dundee, is lifted from a flatbed truck trailer with a crane and will be placed into its spot in the newly revitalized DuPage Court in downtown Elgin Friday.
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John Hynds, a retired firefighter and metal detector enthusiast talks about how he has pulled hundreds of items from Diamond Lake in Mundelein. A special exhibition called Lost and Found Artifacts of Diamond Lake is being extended through next year at the Mundelein Heritage Museum.
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Jaclyn Jones, Principal of Sycamore Trails Elementary School works with 5th Grade Gifted students in Bartlett. Sycamore Trails is U-46's first school since 2019 to earn an exemplary designation on the Illinois report card.
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50 people work on the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line in Naperville. All operators have food-work backgrounds and do “homework” every year in prepartion for the Turkey Talk-Line.
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Roselle resident Tom Lubas closes his eyes as he stands in his driveway while another jet makes a landing approach at O’Hare Airport.
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Clad in matching pajamas, three generations take a break from their Black Friday shopping at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. Pictured from left are Joellyn Schefke, her sister Jennifer Wingelnik, their mom Pam Schefke and Jennifer’s daughter Sophie, 10. They arrived at the mall at 5 a.m. and were having their lunch at 9:45 a.m.
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The Park District Vibe Dance Group performs before the Tree Lighting Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 at North School Park in Arlington Heights.
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Ballet Folklorico performs during the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 at DuPage Court in Elgin.
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People watch and record the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 at DuPage Court in Elgin.
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Santa Claus arrives during the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 at DuPage Court in Elgin.
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