Holiday themes fill our Week in Pictures photo gallery for December 5-11, 2020.
Holiday decorated homes, walk-through light shows, Santa Claus visits and holiday tree traditions take up a lot of space in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for December 5-11, 2020.
Santa dances around the Long Grove Christmas tree at a lighting ceremony in the village Saturday, December 5, 2020. A small but vocal crowd sang carols while waiting for him to appear.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Father Manuel Padilla, left, and Father Esequiel Sanchez carefully move the image of the Virgin inside a chapel to discourage the throngs of visitors who typically make pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines during Christmastime.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines for the first time in 30 years will be moving the image of the lady inside a chapel to discourage the throngs of visitors who typically make pilgrimage to the site during Christmastime.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Joey Staniszewski, 5, stands under a sign held by his parents Andy and Katie as Santa parades past them in their Libertyville neighborhood Saturday, December 5, 2020. Santa made his appearance on every street in the village over a four-day period.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Luz Massas, of Meridian Health passes out bags of food and PPE during a drive-through event organized by he Salvation Army Elgin Corps and Sen. Christina Castro's office in Elgin Monday. Meridian sponsored the event and provided the food and PPE.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Scott Longstreet uses plywood to make yard ornaments for his holiday lights display at 102 S. Walnut Avenue in Arlington Heights. He decided to make a choir for his front porch and modeled each character after his own extended family.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Emma Proctor, 17, and Emily Kirk, 17, carry a wooden snow globe that they help make as part of the Winter Wonderland outdoor drive-through holiday show at Barrington High School.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Retired Carol Stream Deputy Police Chief Jerry O'Brien plays the part of Santa as he visits families at a Christmas Sharing drive-through distribution for Carol Stream families Wednesday at Fountain View Fitness on Gary Avenue in Carol Stream.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Some of the dozens of volunteers work near the last stack of hams at a Christmas Sharing drive-through distribution for Carol Stream families Wednesday at Fountain View Fitness on Gary Avenue in Carol Stream.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Finnegan McNutt, 3, and his sister Geneva, 3, of Wheaton haul away their 2020 Christmas tree in the cart from the Cosley Zoo tree farm in Wheaton.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Jason Beyerl, lot manager at L & M Tree and Wreath Retail Sales carries a fresh pine to his 140-tree lot on Northwest Highway in Palatine Thursday morning before he officially opens.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Jason Beyerl, lot manager at L & M Tree and Wreath Retail Sales fills the holes left from sales the previous night in his 140-tree lot on Northwest Highway in Palatine Thursday morning before he officially opens.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Using the first Shake Shack drive-through window in the United States, Sean Alexander of Lake Villa, hands a takeout order to Matt Franco of Lake Bluff, who didn't know about it but found it to be a pleasant surprise in Vernon Hills.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Daggitt Cemetery in Highland Park's Moraine Township has had a major restoration project done to fix many grave markers that were broken, dirty and tilted for many years. Cindy Wolfson who spearheaded the project looks over the marker for Robert Daggitt, who came to this area from England in 1838 with his wife and nine children to farm the land.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
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