Naperville and the surrounding area are wonderful places to live all year long, but they become magical during the holiday season. As a family, we particularly love exploring the area and enjoying holiday lights all around Chicagoland. Here are our favorite Christmas light displays in Chicago – we hope they put you in the holiday spirit and give you some quality time together as a family!

Fall sure came in with a bang this year, transitioning from unseasonably warm temperatures to needing to pull out the stocking hats and gloves. We’re a couple months away from winter, though, so why not continue to enjoy autumn in Chicago with some of our favorite outdoor spots? Here are the places we’ll continue to enjoy as long as possible!

There are many reasons that Naperville is exceptional, but for us, at the top of the list are all the events throughout the year, such as Naper Nights and Last Fling. One of our holiday traditions as a family has always been to bundle up and brave the cold for the Rotary Club of Naperville’s Parade of Lights. Each year, we thought how much fun it would be to participate in the parade, and this year we made it happen! It was even better than we could have imagined – read on to learn why!