- Lace up your skates and have your photo taken with the Chicago Blackhawks mascot "Tommy Hawk" at the Westfield Old Orchard Mall ice rink on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 2 until 2:30 p.m. Adagio Teas is serving hot beverages. The ice rink, managed by the Skokie Park District, is outside Bloomingdale's in the north part of the mall.
- Meet Santa, his elves and reindeer at Downtown Skokie's Holiday Fest Saturday from 2 to 6 (the live reindeer will be there from 4 to 6) at Lincoln Avenue and Oakton Street in downtown Skokie. There will be carolers and kids' activities and a raffle. Bring a canned good for the food pantry. Click here for lots more details.
- Meet Santa in a log cabin at the "Santa in the Cabin and Craft and Vendor Fair" Saturday at 11 a.m. at Central United Methodist Church, 8237 N. Kenton. It's a real log cabin, built in 1923 when it was all prairie around here.
- A Winter Festival will be held at the Ethical Humanist Society Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Enjoy singing and a short play put on by children, and bring new winter clothing for the "mitten tree," to be donated to the needy.
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