Get a second helping of The Week in Pictures
Daily Herald photographers got in the holiday spirit all over the Chicagoland suburbs last week
Two-year-old Lily Murphy, of St. Charles breaks out in laughter after hearing Santa belt out a "Ho, Ho, Ho" during the Lighting of the Lights at the First Street Plaza in St. Charles Friday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Arlington Heights Mayor Thomas Hayes reacts to the lights coming on Friday night in North School Park.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Junior Ellie Sorensen races to write down an answer as Libertyville High School students referred to as "influencers" participated in the Green Dot program aimed at empowering members of the school community to intervene in situations of interpersonal violence Thursday at the District 128 offices in Vernon Hills.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
A young 72-year-old Michael Minton celebrates crossing the finish line with his daughter, Morgan Minton of Inverness, at the 38th annual Palatine Park District Turkey Trot at Harper College in Palatine.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Dick Portillo gets a hug from long time employee Mary Moore, who has worked for him for more than 20 years.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
DJ Marz gets kids dancing during a pep rally at Butterfield Elementary in Lombard on Friday, to celebrate being named a National Blue Ribbon award winner by the U.S. Department of Education.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Jimmy Luxbacher and his son Alden, 3, of Highland Park enjoy the HO scale model trains during the open house at the Lake County Model Railroad Club in Wauconda on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Iman Hussain, 5, takes a basketball from her mother Fatimah, of Lombard at the Lombard Turkey Shoot Open at the Madison Meadow Athletic Center Saturday. Iman was participating in the youngest division of the shooting contest.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
People gather Friday evening during the Arlington Heights tree lighting ceremony in North School Park.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Competitors line up for high-fives before the start of the Lombard Turkey Shoot Open at the Madison Meadow Athletic Center Saturday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Before Santa arrived, the Children's Choir from the Palatine Park District sang O' Christmas tree with Amira Salamah, 10, of Palatine lending her vocals. Santa oversaw the Palatine tree lightning ceremony courtesy of the Palatine Fire Department aerial ladder truck as hundreds of people greeted the holiday season with fresh snow, Christmas lights and hot chocolate in downtown Palatine on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Kids lean in to get a glimpse of Santa during the Antioch Christmas Parade down Main Street in downtown Antioch Friday night.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Santa oversees the Palatine tree lightning ceremony courtesy of the Palatine Fire Department aerial ladder truck as hundreds of people greeted the holiday season with fresh snow, Christmas lights and hot chocolate in downtown Palatine on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Joe Focht, pest control technician with Men in Black Pest Control Services, looks for mice in a Lisle home.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
St. Francis de Sales Catholic School in Lake Zurich celebrated its Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence Wednesday. Students took to the dance floor during the celebration in the church's basement.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
People gather around the village Christmas tree following the Antioch Christmas Parade down Main Street in downtown Antioch Friday night.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Darren Walker, a 28-year old resident of Marklund in Elgin, a center for profoundly disabled people, greets Bauer, one of the department's K9's, during a visit to the Elgin Police Department roll call Wednesday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Corbin Gascoyne, 7, of Roselle has a male super snow tramper albino enigma on his shoulder while attending the All Animal Expo at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton Sunday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Archangel "Arky" Mastrangelo of Elgin, who spent four years in the Navy, has been hosting recruits and other Navy personnel at Thanksgiving since 1973. He has them sign a poster each year, and he's now about to fill up his third.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Layla Wubs, 7, of Antioch waves to Santa during the Antioch Christmas Parade down Main Street in downtown Antioch Friday night.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Joe Rizer, with Winfield Public Works strings Christmas lights along the village hall on Tuesday. A tree will also be decorated for the holidays in front of the building.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Volunteers peel potatoes Tuesday at Barrington's Blue Heron Cafe in advance of delivery of Thanksgiving Day meals to those in need in the area.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Mundelein Police Department officers Rachel Messina, left, and Joshua Peterson load the donated turkey from Elly's Pancake House Tuesday morning. Elly's donated 40 to the police department and another 36 to the Fremont Township Food Pantry. The turkeys will be distributed to area families in need.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Dara Adedara, 17, and a combined chorale from St. Charles East and North sing carols during the Lighting of the Lights at the First Street Plaza in St. Charles Friday. Adedara attends St. Charles North.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Hersey High School students sing songs of the season during the Arlington Heights tree lighting ceremony Friday in North School Park.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.comChildren enjoy a Christmas parade and tree lighting in Wheaton on Friday.
Josh King, of Wheaton poses for a photo with daughter Violet, 2 and Lincoln, 3, right, before the Christmas parade in Wheaton on Friday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
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