Weekend Windup {Family Holiday Fun in the Chicago Suburbs December 6-8, 2024}

 

Family Holiday Fun in the Chicago Suburbs December 6-8, 2024

This weekend will sparkle! Here are my picks for local holiday fun in the Chicago suburbs:

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14 Old Fashioned Christmas in Events in the Chicago Suburbs and Nearby 2024

Celebrating an old fashioned Christmas brings back all those warm fuzzies and the nostalgia of Christmases gone by. Fortunately, we have many opportunities here in the Chicago suburbs to recapture that magic. Here are 14 of my favorite Chicago suburban old fashioned Christmas experiences for 2024:

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Lightscape 2024 Heralds the Chicago Holiday Season at Chicago Botanic Garden

 

Disclosure: Thank you to Chicago Botanic Garden for accommodating my visit to Lightscape. All opinions are my own.

Lightscape sparkles once again at Chicago Botanic Garden. In its 6th year, Lightscape crafts spectacular holiday magic with dazzling and imaginative light, music, and motion displays interwoven within the gardens. I was delighted to explore Lightscape this week and was entirely amazed by this year's show finding it to be my favorite of the six shows so far.

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Weekend Windup: {Family Fun in the Chicago Suburbs November 15-17, 2024}

 

Sparkle returns to the Chicago suburbs this season with the first holiday light displays and shows! Be sure to start off this season with some special events! Here are my picks for this weekend in the Chicago suburbs:

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Weekend Windup {Family Fun in the Chicago Suburbs November 9-11}

It's our favorite time of the week -- the weekend!!! Here are my picks for events in the Chicago suburbs this weekend:

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Lightscape Adds Sparkle To Chicago Botanic Garden During The Holiday Season

 

Lightscape at Chicago Botanic Garden adds sparkle to the holiday season during its sixth year beginning on November 15, 2024. The innovative Chicago holiday event has become a cherished tradition. Each year, I look forward to walking the new path through a joyful collection of engaging light displays. Despite being part of the Chicago holiday event scene since 2019, Lightscape still illuminates the holiday spirit in unique and delightful ways.

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Weekend Windup: {Family Fun in the Chicago Suburbs November 1-3, 2024}

 

The weekend has arrived and there is plenty of fun to enjoy! Here are my picks for family fun in the Chicago suburbs:

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Open House Chicago Invites Exploration Of Historical and Architectural Marvels

 

During an October weekend each fall, the Chicago Architecture Center welcomes the community to visit dozens of architecturally, historically, and culturally significant structures throughout the city for free. On October 19, we enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day wandering through a number of truly interesting structures in Chicago.

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