Lights

A Tinley Park family's famous Christmas light display is back and features over 200,000 lights while raising money for a local non-profit.

If you thought it was impossible for Anderson Japanese Gardens to be more beautiful, think again. The gardens will be magically transformed for the holidays.

Depending on your age, it might seem like night games have always been a thing at Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs--or, you vividly remember the time when there were absolutely no lights, right up to their installation in 1988.

As a kid, I remember asking my dad why he pulled the plug on our Christmas lights at around 9:00 each evening. He said something that came right out of the typical Midwestern dad phrasebook: "What? Am I made of money? Do you know what it costs to run these lights? Do You?"

Fans of 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation' are flocking to one holiday light display in Cortland, Illinois to see Cousin Eddie in all his bathrobe glory.

Let's see if I have this straight. LED (stands for light-emitting diode) lights are 50% more energy efficient than sodium vapor lights, they last 15-20 years instead of 2-5 years, and they spread their illumination far more evenly than standard streetlights.

Do you decorate your car for Christmas? Some people love Christmas so much they go above and beyond and deck out their ride for the holidays. It's actually a lot less work than it sounds. It's as easy as throwing on some reindeer antlers, a red nose on the grill, or even some lights on the top...

Rockford's Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens has (once again this year) provided a much-needed antidote to our current locked-down, stay at home mentality with another stunning lights display.

I've seen some pretty impressive holiday light displays in my life. Whether it's a professionally made show or just a neighborhood display, I've seen a bunch. And they're always impressive, but it's pretty hard to make your show completely unique from the rest...

This year more than ever I think we're all reaching for some extra holiday cheer. Whether that's treating yourself to a peppermint mocha, or listening to your favorite Christmas song on repeat, we all need a little extra joy. What's one way to get in the holiday spirit and have a tun of fun while also staying safe in 2020...