Holiday

What exactly does Cinco de Mayo celebrate? Brush up on its rich history with these five facts.

A Gold Coast floral shop is partnering with local nursing homes to donate bouquets to residents spending the holidays alone. Astor Flowers launched the “Bringing Blooms” campaign Dec. 13 to brighten the day of residents at Sunrise Senior Living, according to flower shop founder Justin Stankiewicz. “We are teaming up with Sunrise Senior Living and a few other nursing home…

Illinois couple Britney and Brad decided to spread some holiday cheer by putting together a couple of baskets with water, sodas, sports drinks, chips, cookies, candy canes and other little treats.

Mental health experts weigh in with tips for seniors who are celebrating solo and how to keep feelings of loneliness at bay.

Follow these tips to ensure your holiday turkey is both safe and delicious.

Many people are trying to get into the holiday spirit during the pandemic. This year, Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum will have a new reimagined driving experience.

A Lincoln Park bakery is partnering with I Grow Chicago this holiday season to provide pies for Englewood residents.

The two-time Grammy Award winner released a futuristic, Christmas-themed video for his first single in over a year.

Every year on November 11th, the country unites to honor and thank our veterans for their service. NBCLX explains the history of Veterans Day and shares ideas about how to help America’s vets, especially during the pandemic.

Lifetime is gearing up to air its first holiday movie with an LGBTQ romance as its lead story.

Target has announced plans to raise its hourly minimum wage beginning next month and will offer employees a one-time bonus and free access to virtual healthcare through the end of the year. The Minneapolis-based retailer said beginning July 5, the starting wage at the company will be $15 per hour. Current frontline store and distribution center hourly workers will also…

Target will now recognize Juneteenth as an official company holiday, the Minneapolis-based retailer announced Tuesday. The company said it plans to honor “the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States” and will give team members “space to honor Juneteenth in their own way. “ “We recognize that the racial trauma the country is experiencing…

President Donald Trump has rescheduled a presidential reelection campaign rally from June 19, the same day as Juneteenth, to June 20, after he faced backlash for the rally’s date and location, Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre against the city’s Black residents. California Rep. Karen Bass and Texas Rep. Al Green have both called it a...

Now that holiday gifts have been opened, it’s time to take a moment to say thanks with a handwritten thank you note.

A Chicago-area woman used the power of social media to do a very good deed just in time for the holidays. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

While you’re gearing up for the holidays, fraudsters may be trying to take advantage of you.

Empty gift cards, bogus charitable solicitations, cyberattacks and thieves who steal packages from your porch aren’t necessarily unique to this time of year.

Children with life-threatening illnesses boarded a special train on Saturday for a fantasy trip to the North Pole. NBC 5’s Chris Hush went along for the ride.

Police in a northwest Indiana town are looking for a real-life Grinch who was caught on camera stealing holiday decorations from city officials. The woman is accused of stealing $300 worth of branches and other items as Chesterton employees prepared to decorate 12 town-owned planters before Thanksgiving last week. “We had all of our materials spread out on the ground,”…

Video from a jewelry store in Chesteron, Indiana shows a woman who was accused of stealing some of the town’s decor as city officials prepared for Christmas.