NBC Chicago

Does Chicago have a Christmas Parade for 2024? What to know about the famous Mag Mile Lights Festival

A magical Chicago Christmas parade will return to the city's iconic Michigan Avenue this week: The 33rd annual Wintrust Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. The "largest evening parade" of the ...
Yahoo

Chicago’s Christmas weather: The warmest and coldest since 1872

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s a look back at the warmest, coldest, wettest and snowiest Christmas holidays in Chicago, going back to 1872. Data is ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Need a laugh? Chicago theaters are going all in on comedies this holiday season

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NBC Chicago

Old Farmer's Almanac releases Christmas weather predictions. What it says for Chicago

With Chicago getting its first snowfall of the season, it feels like an appropriate time for Old Farmer’s Almanac to release their Christmas weather predictions. According to the National Weather ...
Chicago Tribune

Chicago’s Christmas tree in Millennium Park: Where it comes from and when the lighting ceremony takes place

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 tree’s ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Forecasters say no white Christmas for Chicago this year

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ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago weather: Wet, mild Christmas defies hopes for snow

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Maybe you were dreaming of a white Christmas, but instead Chicago got a bout of rain with mild temperatures well above freezing. "It doesn't feel like our normal Christmas," ...
Chicago Tribune

Photos: Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree lights up in Millennium Park

Chicago’s official 2024 Christmas tree is lit in a ceremony in Millennium Park. The 53-foot Colorado blue spruce was planted 50 years ago by former Logan Square homeowner Jim Mulligan. Thomas Vang ...
CBS News

Hundreds of Chicago families get gifts at annual Christmas in the Wards at McCormick Place

CHICAGO (CBS) --The city's looming budget deadline might have been on the back of their minds, but Chicago families were the focus of city leaders on Saturday at Christmas in the Wards. Mayor ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago Christmas tree recycling program kicks off across city

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's a bad day to be a Christmas tree in Chicago. Many are making their way through the wood chipper as the city officially kicked off its annual Holiday Tree Recycling program ...

Chicago Bears 2026 schedule: Division games on Thanksgiving and Christmas among 7 in stand-alone windows

For the second time in three years and the fifth time since 2018, the Bears and Lions will kick off the NFL’s Thanksgiving ...