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.
Palatine veteran gets a miracle home makeover from suburban nonprofit
Veteran Jerome Sneed walks into his newly furnished apartment Thursday in Palatine as Home 2 Home Project volunteers look on. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Jerome Sneed John Starks | Staff Photographer
Jerome Sneed checks out the bed in his newly furnished apartment Thursday in Palatine. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Jerome Sneed tests out his new leather recliner Thursday in his refurnished apartment in Palatine. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Home 2 Home designer Meghan Haddad shows Jerome Sneed his stocked kitchen in his newly furnished apartment Thursday in Palatine. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Jerome Sneed checks out his new bicycle, donated by Mikes Bikes in Palatine, in his newly furnished apartment in Palatine. The chair at right was among his only pieces of furniture before Thursday.