Christmas in Chicago Retro: Zoo Lights, Trains, Trees and Kringles

Okay, so we just posted on Christmas in Chicago 2012.  Now here's what it was like in 2009 . . .

Check out all the photographs here. And if you're still not Christmas'd out, check all the great photo essays and stories from previous years.

Happy Holidays!

Christmas 2012: Hot on Chicago's Tail

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. . . The last of the Halloween orange is being sprayed down the drain of the fountain . . .

 .  . . Macy's window is revealed . . .

.  . . Christkindlmarket is assembling . . .

. . . the tree is in place . . .

. . . and the CTA has begun gift-wrapping the stairs to their stations . . .

Christmas is on its way!

. . . just make your way through the Christo portal . . .