🌱 Stuff Your Stocking Christmas Drive-Thru and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• CAMERATA CHICAGO PRESENTS: A HANDEL'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT for the Whole Family! at St Alphonsus Church
• Vinyl+ Market at Lunar Brewing at Lunar Brewing Co
• Chorus Party! at Scott Elementary School

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high of 26 and low of 22 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy with flurries, temps: high: 29, low: 2. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Frigid with snow and flurries, with a high of 8 and low of -3 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Northlake

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• CAMERATA CHICAGO PRESENTS: A HANDEL'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT for the Whole Family!
  St Alphonsus Church, 1429 W Wellington Ave, Chicago
  2:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Vinyl+ Market at Lunar Brewing
  Lunar Brewing Co, 54 E St Charles Rd, Villa Park
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Chorus Party!
  Scott Elementary School Melrose Park, IL 60164
  7:50 am

Monday December 15

• Swim- Home meet HFCS/TSSC
  Scott Elementary School Melrose Park, IL 60164
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• MMS Holiday Concert
  Mannheim SD 83 Franklin Park, IL 60131
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Stuff Your Stocking Christmas Drive-Thru
  586 N Michigan St , Elmhurst
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 27

• Kiddie Countdown*
  Northlake Public Library District , 231 N Wolf Rd , Northlake
  11:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Babies & Books - Thursdays
  Villa Park Public Library , 305 Ardmore Ave , Villa Park
  9:30 am
• Ethics Class
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  9:30 am
• Shake, Rattle & Read in the Storytime Room
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  10:00 am
• Toddler Time (Ages 18 months-3)
  River Forest Public Library , 735 Lathrop Ave , River Forest
  10:00 am
• Story and Play Time
  West Addison Branch Library , 7536 West Addison Street , Chicago
  11:00 am
• Preschool Storytime
  Wood Dale Public Library - Activity Room 1
  11:00 am
• Friends of Thorp Dine Out
  Happy Bobas , 7327 W Irving Park Rd , Chicago
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Franklin Park

• December 2025 @ the Franklin Park Library (peopleandplacesnewspaper.com)
• After Jesus' zip ties taken, Evanston church updates Nativity: ‘Joseph didn't make it' (chicagotribune.com)
• Nick Polyak, who has led Leyden school district for 17 years, named Illinois Superintendent of the Year (chicagotribune.com)

Elmhurst

• Robbery Suspect Flees Oak Brook Cop In High-Speed Chase: Police (patch.com)

Maywood

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