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Nov. 16, 2023: Best Date News Volume #50
Good morning and welcome to another edition of Best Date News! In today’s newsletter, we dive into all things holiday season! The holiday season in Chicago unofficially kicks off this weekend with the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, Chicago Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, the opening of the Christkindlmarket and ice skating rinks and more!
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Nov. 16: National Holidays
National Fast Food Day
National Button Day
National Clarinet Day
Have a Party with your Bear Day
World Philosophy Day
Red Cup Day (See Below)
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Chicago Holiday News
Chicago Christmas Tree: Tomorrow, Nov. 17 is the 110th annual City of Chicago Christmas Tree lighting in Millennium Park! There will be a ceremony with musical performances beforehand and fireworks after! We organized all the important event information here.
Lights Festival: The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival takes place this Saturday, Nov. 18 on Michigan Avenue. Mickey and Minnie Mouse serve as the Grand Marshals of the parade where they will help illuminate 1 million lights! See the schedule of events.
Christkindlmarket: The traditional German-Style Christkindlmarket returns to Daley Plaza, Wrigleyville and Aurora tomorrow, Nov. 17! The market is free to visit, and it is one of the must-do holiday activities in Chicago! Don’t miss out on the new mugs this year!
CTA Holiday Train: This year’s CTA Holiday Train schedule was just released this morning! The first official Holiday Train will be on Friday, Nov. 24. See the full schedule.
ZooLights: Lincoln Park’s ZooLights begin tomorrow, Nov. 17, and tickets are now on sale. You must have tickets to enter. Mondays are free, most weeknights are $7 and weekends and premium dates are $10.
Ice Skating: Chicago’s two premier ice skating venues open tomorrow, Nov. 17. The Ice Skating Ribbon and McCormick Tribune Ice Rink are both ticketed experiences, so make sure to plan ahead of time.
Holiday Video: If you want all the above summarized quickly in one video that you can easily share with your friends, check out our holiday Instagram Reel.
Just for Fun
Holiday Bars: Chicago loves its over-the-top holiday pop-up bars! Check out the caption of our recent post to see a list of 24 of the best ones and their opening dates!
Christmas at MSI: On Saturday, the Museum of Science and Industry kicks off their annual Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light celebration with 50 decorated trees and displays.
Thanksgiving Dinner: If you won’t be eating Thanksgiving dinner at home this year, there are plenty of Chicago restaurants that will be open with special Thanksgiving holiday feasts.
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Upcoming Events
Red Cup Day: Today is Red Cup Day at Starbucks! You can get a free grande (16-ounce) Starbucks reusable red cup today pretty easily. See how!
Markets for Makers: This weekend (Nov. 18 & 19) is the Markets for Makers holiday market in Ravenswood at Artifact Events. Get 20% off your tickets with code BDF20 (code available thru tomorrow night).
Chance the Rapper: To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Acid Rap, Chance the Rapper will be at Reckless Records in Wicker Park tonight taking pictures and signing autographs from 5-7pm.
Poll Question of the Week
Which holiday do you enjoy more? |
Last Newsletter's Poll Results
Poll Results: Last newsletter we asked you if you have ever eaten at one of Chicago’s 23 Michelin Star restaurants and 54% of you said that you have!
Today's Sunset in Chicago
The sun will set in Chicago this evening at 4:28pm. Which means the sun sets today seven minutes earlier than it did compared to last week.
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