Workers lift Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree, a 53-foot Colorado blue spruce planted 50 years ago by former homeowner Jim Mulligan, in the Logan Square neighborhood on Nov. 1, 2024.

Chicago's famous Christmas tree will soon be light up for the 2024 season in Millennium Park. The official Chicago Christmas Tree Lighting for 2024 takes place during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday ...

Chicago's famous Christmas tree will soon be light up for the 2024 season in Millennium Park. The official Chicago Christmas Tree Lighting for 2024 takes place during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday ...

Chicago's official Christmas tree will remain lit through Jan. 8, according to the city's website. By NBC Chicago Staff • Published November 22, 2024 • Updated on November 23, 2024 at 12:18 am ...

Does figuring out what to do with that old Christmas tree get your goat? Then why not feed it to one? The city will once again be offering its Christmas tree recycling program next month, but the ...

When the switch flipped in November on the 108th annual City of Chicago Christmas Tree in Millennium Park, Vince Kelley was particularly happy to see the lights go on. This year, the honor of ...

Chicago’s annual Christmas tree ship inspires ‘warm’ feelings on a cool day For the 24th year, volunteers gathered to offload 1,200 Christmas trees, promised to families in need, from the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A US Coast Guard ship arrived Saturday at Navy Pier with 1,200 Christmas trees for needy families. It's a reenactment of a Chicago tradition from the late 1800's.

That first tree was donated by F.J. Jordan, an associate of Capt. Herman Scheunemann – whose Rouse Simmons Chicago Christmas Tree Ship had gone down in Lake Michigan in 1912.

Though the tree’s location has been changed several times since then — including a move in 2015 to Millennium Park — the lighting ceremony has always […] Skip to content All Sections ...