Braidwood, Illinois will celebrate the holiday season with "Old Fashioned Christmas" activities sponsored by the Braidwood Chamber of Commerce and Fossil Ridge Library on December 3, 2011.
The Tree Lighting Ceremony will be December 3rd at 4:50 p.m. at City Hall. Immediately after the tree lighting, the parade will begin and head from City Hall to the library.
There will be festivities at the library after the parade for the kids and the kid at heart!
Manhattan, Illinois will welcome the holiday season December 2nd and 3rd with "Christmas on State Street"!
2010 Christmas Tree lighting in Manhattan, Illinois
2011 "Christmas on State Street":
Friday December 2, 2011
--The Lincoln-Way Central Madrigal Singers will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Manhattan Park District Program Center
Saturday December 3, 2011
--Craft Fair at Wilson Creek School, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
--Gingerbread House Contest at Wilson Creek School, 9a.m. drop-off, 11 a.m. judging
--See Santa , 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Manhattan Park District Program Center, Games and meet with Santa
--Chili Cook Off, Wilson Creek School, 9--10 a.m. drop-off, 11 a.m. judging
--Parade of Lights, 5:30 p.m.
--Christmas Tree Lighting, Times Square, immediately after the parade
Here is a video of last year's Christmas Tree Lighting:
The Wilmington Chamber of Commerce will host a lighted holiday parade and a day of holiday cheer on Saturday, November 26, 2011. The parade will begin at 5:00 p.m., leaving from the Wilmington Middle School parking lot and continuing down Ryan and Water Street north to the Post Office.
In addition to the parade, The Mar theatre will show a holiday movie in the Mar's upstairs theatre at 2:30. TheBusiness Person of the Year will light the community Christmas Tree in Claire’s Corner at approximately 5:30 p.m.. Children will have the opportunity to visit with Santa Claus in the Santa house parked near Water and Van Buren beginning immediately after the tree lighting. Afterward, revelers can cross the "Bridge to Christmas" (the millrace walkbridge) tovisit the community Christmas in the Park on the North Island Park.
Here are some photos from last year's lighted holiday parade in Wilmington, Illinois:
A rally organized by Moveon.org was held in front of the Bank of America branch on Jefferson Street in Joliet today. On Moveon.org's website, the event was described as a memorial for homes foreclosed upon by Bank of America. This event coincides with many "Occupy Wall Street" rallies being held throughout Chicago and the nation November 5, 2011.
Memorial For Foreclosed Homes outside of a Bank of America Branch in Joliet
Moveon.org organized rally outside of Bank of America in Joliet
Rally to "Make Wall Street Pay" on Jefferson Street in Joliet
