Check out the Glow Festival at Slammers Stadium, view the Great Tree at Brookfield Zoo and meet a reindeer in New Lenox.

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Lake Charles Civic Center Grounds in Lake Charles, Louisiana, hosts a family-friendly Christmas festival. It includes parades, fireworks, live music, gifts and crafts, Santa appearances, and other fun ...

The 53-foot Colorado blue spruce donated by the Holden-Shaddick family in Logan Square will be wrapped with thousands of ...

Chicago's Christmas tree lighting ceremony is set to take place Friday, but what time will the switch flip and how can you ...

Michigan Avenue got a whole lot merrier on Friday night. Mayor Brandon Johnson was among the onstage VIPs as thousands of ...

The tree, which was donated by a Logan Square family and placed in Millennium Park earlier this month, was illuminated Friday evening.

The owner of the Illinois Center office complex in the East Loop ... Madison St., 161 N. Clark St. and the Civic Opera Building are among the high-profile properties in the city mired in foreclosure.