| 12:00 pm | Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers Soldier Field. NFL Football Game. 847-615-BEAR |
| 2:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 6:30 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 11:00 am- 8:00 pm | Christkindlmarket - Chicago Daley Plaza. Experience the feel of a Christmas market in Germany. Explore vendors' products from all around the world and enjoy the unique... |
| 11:00 am- 7:00 pm | Christkindlmarket - Wrigleyville Gallagher Way. Experience the feel of a Christmas market in Germany. Explore vendors' products from all around the world and enjoy the unique... |
| 11:00 am- 6:00 pm | Christkindlmarket - Aurora RiverEdge Park, Aurora. Experience the feel of a Christmas market in Germany. Explore vendors' products from all around the world and enjoy... |
| 4:00 pm | Chicago a cappella Presents 'Holidays a cappella' Pilgrim Congregational Church, Oak Park. Let Chicago a cappella give you a break from the Christmas radio station with a concert of soaring... |
| 4:30 pm- 10:00 pm | ZooLights The Lincoln Park Zoo. This family-oriented holiday celebration, featuring luminous displays and holiday-season activities throughout... |
| 11:30 am | Carden International Circus Spectacular NOW Arena, Hoffman Estates. Circus live event. |
| 12:00 pm | The Second City's Improv Brunch UP Comedy Club. Comedic performance live. |
| 1:00 pm | Blue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000 |
| 1:00 pm | The Lion King Cadillac Palace Theatre. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually... |
| 1:00 pm | Joffrey Ballet: The Nutcracker Civic Opera House. Ballet theatrical performance. |
| 1:00 pm | The Sound Of Music Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 2:00 pm | Wicked James M. Nederlander Theatre. A smash Broadway musical of how the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch came to be... 312-902-1400 |
| 2:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 2:00 pm | Late Night Catechism Royal George Theatre. A religious comedy from playwrights Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan which features a nun played by Donovan... 773-348-4000 |
| 2:00 pm | Les Miserables Cadillac Palace Theatre. Live On Stage. |
| 2:00 pm | Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker Rosemont Theatre. All ages feel the spirit of the season at the Great Russian Nutcracker through the romantic costumes and shimmering backdrops... |
| 2:00 pm | The Twenty-Sided Tavern Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Live theatrical performance. |
| 3:00 pm | Too Hot To Handel Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Classical concert. |
| 4:00 pm | Blue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000 |
| 4:00 pm | 46th Revue e.t.c. Theater. Comedic performance live. |
| 6:30 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 7:00 pm | Blue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000 |
| 7:00 pm | Amanda Seales Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House Symphony Center. Classical concert. |
| 7:30 pm | Les Miserables Cadillac Palace Theatre. Live On Stage. |
| 7:30 pm | Savage Ga$p & Oliver Francis Subterranean. Rap / hip hop music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Control Your Narrative Patio Theater. Live rock / metal music. |
| 9:00 pm | Joe Russo's Almost Dead Riviera Theatre. Pop / rock performance. |
| 12:00 pm | Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers Soldier Field. NFL Football Game. 847-615-BEAR |
| 6:00 am- 7:30 am | Silent Sitting Inner Metamorphosis University - IMU. The thoughts and feelings that might arise during the silent sitting are simply to... 773-262-1468 |
| 10:00 am | Willow Chicago Weekend Service Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Willow Creek Community Church - Chicago holds their weekly Sunday service. |
| Judy Istock Butterfly Haven Notebaert Nature Museum. The Judy Istock Butterfly Haven features a kaleidoscope of butterflies with 75 species from around... 773-755-5100 | |
| River Works Notebaert Nature Museum. Splash through this waterplay experience and learn about Chicago's waterways and how they support... 773-755-5100 | |
| Mysteries of the Marsh Notebaert Nature Museum. Explore the variety of local wetlands and the creatures that live there and find out why these increasingly... 773-755-5100 | |
| Wilderness Walk Notebaert Nature Museum. Three meticulously re-created environments in Wilderness Walk immerse visitors in a prairie, savanna... 773-755-5100 | |
| Hands-on Habitat Notebaert Nature Museum. Hands-on Habitat invites budding naturalists (ages 3 - 7) to explore the secret world of animal homes... 773-755-5100 | |
| The Extreme Green House Notebaert Nature Museum. The Extreme Green House explains how our homes are linked to nature and offers recycling tips... 773-755-5100 | |
| Istock Family Look-in Animal Lab Notebaert Nature Museum. A detailed look at our native wetlands and their residents. 773-755-5100 |
