Chicago Christmas

The update comes after a Chicago Tribune report from Nov. 25 said the City of Chicago recently placed new crowd restrictions on the event for 2025.

If you have your eye on certain toys this holiday season, you may want to be ready for some sticker shock.

Tariffs on consumer goods could increase the cost of holiday gifts this season, as NBC 5 Responds Kate Chappell reports.

With 185 lit spheres, 1,200 light strings, over 119,000 LED lights and 39,250 feet of lighting, it will remain on display through January 11, officials said.

The popular Chicago festivities also mean increased traffic, large crowds and street closures.

Chicago will be a bit merrier and brighter beginning this weekend, as the city’s official Christmas tree will be lit up for the season.

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.

It’s the second year in a row the Chicago Union Station Polar Express Train Ride has been canceled.

Many communities offer Christmas tree recycling programs, but one community is aiming to be the GOAT in that category, as Sandra Torres explains.

Last-minute holiday shoppers flocked to State Street in downtown Chicago for Christmas gifts. NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

Thousands of people flocked to Chicago’s State Street on Christmas Eve to grab last-minute gifts for the holidays.

A Chicago woman is preparing to celebrate Christmas in her home with her 96-year-old father, decades after she was put up for adoption.

A Chicago woman is preparing to celebrate Christmas in her home with her 96-year-old father, decades after she was put up for adoption. NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

As the holidays of Hanukkah and Christmas overlap in 2024, Orthodox Jewish volunteers worked to help neighbors in need with food and winter supplies. NBC Chicago’s Kate Chappell reports.

A Chicago grandmother who lost her daughter to gun violence received an unforgettable surprise for Christmas thanks to fellow community members. NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A Chicago grandmother who lost her daughter to gun violence received an unforgettable surprise for Christmas thanks to fellow community members.

The clock is ticking to visit Christkindlmarket, Chicago and Aurora’s iconic Christmas market for the holidays this year — and here’s hoping you won’t have to wait in too long of a line.

Chicago Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S.

From Wrigleyville bars to rooftop scenery, holiday pop-ups are taking over the city, and bringing festive concoctions with them.

A church on Chicago’s South Side is making an urgent plea for toy donations ahead of the holidays. NBC Chicago’s Kate Chappell reports.