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Dec. 26, 2024: Best Date News Volume #106
Welcome to Best Date News, your favorite Chicago weekly newsletter! Thank you for being a reader! Merry Christmas and happy holidays! In this week’s newsletter you will read about the return of the Chicago River NYE Fireworks Spectacular, the most viral Chicago headlines of 2024 and more!
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Dec. 26: National Holidays
Boxing Day
Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
National Candy Cane Day
National Thank You Note Day
National Homeowners Day
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New Year’s Eve Plans?
Grill on 21: Celebrate New Year’s Eve in style this year 21 stories up at Grill on 21 in the LaSalle Hotel Chicago! They have two different options to consider.
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If you are looking for more of a nice sit-down meal, they have that as well! Enjoy a five-course dinner in their beautiful restaurant with live jazz music, a festive ambiance and a midnight toast. Menu highlights include beef tartar, bone-in ribeye and more. NYE dinner menu.
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Chicago News
NYE Fireworks: The City of Chicago announced that the Chicago River NYE Fireworks Spectacular will return this year to help ring in 2025. The massive fireworks display will span across six different bridges of the Chicago River. These fireworks will be in addition to the ones already planned at Navy Pier. Get all the details on timing and where to best watch the fireworks from.
2024 Viral Headlines: No city keeps you on your toes better than Chicago. The city provided countless headlines in 2024 ranging from the rat hole, to the cicadapocalypse, to a Jeremy Allen White look-alike competition and so much in between. Take a look at this year’s most viral headlines of 2024.
Mag Mile Stores: After 10 years on Chicago’s famed Mag Mile, Under Armour’s flagship retail store at 600 N. Michigan Ave appears set to close in March of 2025. According to Crain’s Chicago, clothing brand Uniqlo and experiential operator the Paradox Museum are finalizing deals to take over the lease this coming March when Under Armour’s is set to expire.
Chicago News: The week of Christmas is often a pretty slow news week with many people off of work and instead relaxing at home. Just how slow can the news get though? Well back in 2003, CBS Chicago quite literally had so little news to cover on Christmas that they put this piece together about not having any news to cover on Christmas.
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Just For Fun
Great Big Game Show: The most fun activity that we did this past week was checking out the brand new Great Big Game Show in Oak Brook. Take a look at our experience. We loved it! The unique experience is unlike anything we’ve ever done and is a great group activity. If you want to check it out for yourself, you can also use the code BDF20 for 20% off your tickets.
Weekend Activities: If you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend around Chicago, there is plenty going on! Check out Choose Chicago’s comprehensive list of things to do in Chicago this weekend.
Lululemon: If you didn’t get the Christmas gift you wanted, Lululemon is currently having their once-a-year Boxing Day Event. The brand rarely has sales, and this is their biggest of the year. This Forbes article highlights their best deals.
Best Restaurant Meals: A collection of local Chicago media people and dining experts put together a list of their favorite restaurant meals of 2024 on Chicago Eater. See their restaurant choices for some inspiration for 2025.
Rudolph: Did you know that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer originated in Chicago in 1939? Watch this video to learn about the unique origin of the now classic children’s holiday story.
Poll Question of the Week
Do you plan on going out for New Year's Eve?What are you doing for NYE this year? |
Poll Results: Last newsletter we asked where you would be celebrating Christmas if you were staying local. 77% of you said that you would be in the suburbs and 23% of you said the city.
Sunrise & Sunset in Chicago
Here is today’s outlook in Chicago:
Sunrise: 7:17 a.m. (3 minutes later this week)
Sunset: 4:25 p.m. (4 minutes later this week)
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