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Why wait for winter…when you can celebrate the joy of the holidays now! “Christmas in July” is an indie rock show benefitting ...
Springlike weather this Christmas Day in Chicago 02:01. Even the Morton Arboretum in Lisle opened its trails on this Christmas Day. Visitors got some prime time with Mother Nature .
Christmas in Chicago is a big deal! Check out the best Chicago Christmas events in 2023 including Zoolights, Illumination: Tree Lights, & Christkindlmarket.
Chicago's famous Christmas tree will soon be light up for the 2024 season in Millennium Park. The official Chicago Christmas Tree Lighting for 2024 takes place during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday ...
Chicago experienced its warmest Christmas on Dec. 25, 1982, when it was 64 degrees. The following year, however, Chicago experienced the low temperature of minus 17 degrees — the city’s ...
White Christmas probabilities represent the historic chance of at least 1 inch of snow depth on Dec. 25, based on 1991-2020 climate normals. Here in Chicago, we have a 34% chance of having a snowy ...
The Dec. 20, 1913, edition of The Chicago Daily Tribune showed an illustration of Chicago's giant Christmas tree on display in Grant Park next to the Art Institute.
Throughout the years the city’s official tree frequently has consisted of many smaller trees. Since 2009, however, a single tree has been chosen by either a contest or nominations. Though the ...
Over the last 50 years, Chicago has had an inch or more of snow on the ground for Christmas 19 times. Snow-lovers never stood a chance in 2023, with thermometers nearly reaching 60 degrees.
Chicago's official Christmas tree will remain lit through Jan. 8, according to the city's website. By NBC Chicago Staff • Published November 22, 2024 • Updated on November 23, 2024 at 12:18 am ...
A cold spell with “near blizzard” conditions snarled air travel in Chicago this Christmas. In 2021, however, the high temperature was 55 degrees — one of the warmest highs on record in ...
It was the second warmest Christmas on record, behind 1982’s 64-degree day and only the ninth time Christmas temperatures reached 50, according to the National Weather Service Chicago. (Armando ...