CHICAGO ( WGN) — The city has agreed to increase capacity limits for the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza following a ...

The coins, donated at two of its Red Kettles at Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza, are worth more than $10,000.

When city officials put a 1,553-person capacity limit last week on people entering Daley Plaza’s 29th annual Christkindlmarket, vendors like Wolfgang Poennighaus say it put their chances of returning ...

Naughty or nice, Christkindlmarket offers sugar and some spice. For those who have been good this year, a heart-shaped gingerbread — or Lebkuchenherz, in German —awaits at the Sweet Castle. The ...

In 2017, Stephanie O’Donnell, her husband, Terrence, and their young children Millie and Poppy left their beloved home in Oak Park and moved to Dublin, Ohio. In doing so, they left much of their ...

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CHICAGO — With Thanksgiving in the rearview, families across Chicago are ringing in the Christmas season at Chicagoland’s Christkindlmarkets. This year, there are three markets welcoming guests, one ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Christkindlmarket organizers and vendors spoke out Friday about issues due to new capacity limits on the event. One organizer said the market was told 12 hours before it opened last ...

On one of the busiest shopping days of the year, Chicago's famous Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza will address newly imposed capacity measures "for crowd management and safety," saying they pose an ...

The German-style Christmas market was crowded for it's kick-off to the holiday season. Maddie Mann is visiting the Christkindlmarket with her English husband and baby twin boys. She says being from ...

A demonstrator holds a copy of the Declaration of Independence during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, September 19, 2025. Credit: Bryan Dozier/NurPhoto via AP But popular awareness of the ...