Holidays

While retailers hope to go big this holiday season, customers may notice that the catalogs arriving in their mailboxes are smaller. Many of the millions of catalogs getting sent to U.S. homes were scaled down to save on postage and paper. Some gift purveyors are sending out postcards. In a sign of the times, the American Catalog Mailers Association rebranded...

The week-long holiday was created by activist and author Maulana Ron Karenga in 1966.

The holiday season is officially underway, with the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train’s voyage across the United States among the joyous festivities taking place.

Road closures were in place and anyone not shopping at a Chicago-area mall was urged to avoid certain areas as Black Friday shoppers made for heavy traffic in a western suburb.

Consumers are hardwired to think more of short-term gratification than long-term goals.

The holiday shopping season is about to be in full swing upon the arrival of Black Friday, with big sales ahead of Christmas marking the busiest shopping time of the year.

Thanksgiving has arrived, and the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line is here to help with any food-preparation questions.

Holiday shopping will soon kick into high gear as Black Friday arrives, marking the official shift to the post-Thanksgiving retail rush.

At least two Chicago-area malls have issued traffic advisories ahead of Black Friday, with large crowds and increased traffic likely on what is expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

Don’t miss it — the famous Canadian Pacific Holiday Train for 2024 on Wednesday will make its second of three stops in the Chicago area.

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The Butterball Turkey-Talk-Line, in Naperville, is open for business through Christmas Eve. Matt Rodrigues paid the kitchen and call center a visit the Wednesday before Thanksgiving for some tips and tricks.

You may not know it, but one of Thanksgiving’s most famous traditions — the Butterball Turkey-Talk Line — is nestled in the western Chicago suburb of Naperville.

The biggest shopping day of 2024 is nearly here, with Chicago-area malls expecting large crowds and increased traffic around the unofficial holiday.

All aboard! The iconic Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will make its first stop in Illinois Tuesday as part of its tour across the U.S.

Krispy Kreme will soon bid adieu to its Thanksgiving Pies Collection and say hello to a brand new donut assortment, one that’s fitting for the Christmas season.

The “Home Alone” house is one of the most popular movie homes in history, a beloved Christmastime attraction and not far from Chicago at all.

A casual dining restaurant that holds the claim to “The Best Pie in America,” Bakers Square once operated many locations across the Chicago area. That number dwindled in 2020 before the pandemic hit, when locations in Alsip, Orland Park and Merrillville, Indiana, closed their doors, according to a previous Chicago Tribune report. As Thanksgiving rolls around, a number of people…

There’s a place — or rather a phone number — you can call to get all your turkey questions answered — or obtain some reassurance.

More shoppers are using ‘buy now, pay later’ plans heading into Black Friday and the holiday season, as the ability to spread out payments looks attractive at a time when Americans still feel the lingering effect of inflation and already have record-high credit card debt. Experts say the short-term loans can lead consumers to overextend themselves and warn that those...