Posted12/13/2020 12:00 PM
Holiday decorated homes, walk-through light shows, Santa Claus visits and holiday tree traditions take up a lot of space in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for December 5-11, 2020.
A family walks through an arch of lights to see the main tree at the Festival of Lights in Elgin Tuesday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Santa dances around the Long Grove Christmas tree at a lighting ceremony in the village Saturday, December 5, 2020. A small but vocal crowd sang carols while waiting for him to appear.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Father Manuel Padilla, left, and Father Esequiel Sanchez carefully move the image of the Virgin inside a chapel to discourage the throngs of visitors who typically make pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines during Christmastime.
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