Images: Stuff your stocking with The Week in Pictures
Sunset Dance Company students from a ballet 1 class perform "Last Christmas" during their annual Jingle Ball Holiday Showcase at Geneva High School.
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Kindergartner Emma Shafer listens to Supt. Guy Schumacher as he read the book "The Polar Express" Tuesday at Butterfield School in Libertyville. Three classes of about 60 students were mesmerized by the story.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Amanda Patino, 9, of Streamwood greets R2-D2 as he visits her in the pediatric ER at Central DuPage Hospital.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Annemarie Barry, right, and Teri DeClerck play bass bells during the Random Ringers Holiday Concert on Sunday at the Poplar Creek Public Library in Streamwood. More than 100 people listened to the bell ringers perform holiday songs at the concert.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Max Backus, 4, visits with a pair of white goats Saturday at Randall Oaks Barnyard Zoo in West Dundee. He was with his parents Frank and Aggie Backus of Crystal Lake. Max also visited with Santa.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Janelle Hannon, of Darien holds her one year-old daughter Sophia as she tries to get a photo with Santa Claus during a Holiday Breakfast at Benedictine University.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Marni Pyke and her 7-year-old wait for traffic to stop at a crosswalk at 41st Street and Highland Avenue, on their way to school in Downers Grove.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Supt. Guy Schumacher reads the book "The Polar Express" to kindergartners Tuesday at Butterfield School in Libertyville. Three classes of about 60 students in Libertyville School District 70 were mesmerized by the story.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Dane Zanes, right, Claudia Eliaza and Pauline Jean perform during Dan Zanes: Holiday Sing-Along on Sunday at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at the College of Lake County in Grayslake. Music lovers joined in as they sang and danced to sensory friendly holiday songs.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
The Pulmonairs, a group made up of a dozen patients at Northwest Community Healthcare with COPD perform at a holiday party at The Cotillion in Palatine Tuesday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Naperville police officer Mike Buckley works with his bloodhound, Jill, near an empty field on Algonquin Road and Golf Road in Arlington Heights on Wednesday. Ofc. Buckley was working with the County County Sheriff's Police K-9 Unit during training exercises.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Hawthorn Elementary North student Addy Kaiser sings holiday favorites Wednesday morning along with her fellow fifth grade choir at Brookdale Hawthorn Lakes senior living center Wednesday morning in Vernon Hills.
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The Hawthorn Elementary North fifth grade choir performs at Brookdale Hawthorn Lakes senior living center Wednesday morning in Vernon Hills.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Liz Bremner is closing Fresh Flower Market in Barrington in 2018. She has owned the downtown fixture for almost two decades.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
The Excel Exchange Club at the Alive Center in Naperville donated its second Buddy Bench, this one at Ellsworth Elementary in Naperville Unit District 203. This bench was donated by Dr. Sangita Rangala, at left raising her hands, and her husband Dr. Anand Ramanathan. The Buddy Bench serves as a space on the playground to foster friendships and eliminate loneliness.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Butterfield School Assistant Principal Steve Feldman, left, wore his Christmas-themed suit Thursday and takes photos of the first grade students' gingerbread projects at the Libertyville school.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
The firecoat and helmet have been placed on the front of Engine 52 during the funeral for former Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District Lt. James Carney at Church of St. Patrick in Wadsworth Friday. He died Sunday, of cancer.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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