Christmas & New Year Time in Chicago

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Christmas holidays in Chicago are perfect if you love strolling down tree-lined streets full of Christmas lights, ice-skating in the open air and carol singing in the plaza. Chicago’s State Street is a shopping lover’s dream and with car rental in Chicago being so easy to organise, the only thing left to do is to search through Chicago flights and pack your suitcase.

The Magnificent Mile

Chicago’s famous Michigan Avenue, known as the Magnificent Mile, is the perfect place to shop at Christmas. During the festive period, many of the Mile’s beautiful boutiques offer great discounts and put on some special events for all their avid customers, old and new. Stay at the Affinia Hotel and find yourself just a block away from the action.

Or, if you are looking for the true shopping experience on the Magnificent Mile, why not stay in The Whitehall Hotel. This hotel is actually on the Mile and more of a boutique itself than a hotel. If Christmas in Chicago is all about ringing in that credit card this year, there is really only one place to stay in order to make your festive trip complete.

Having said all that, don’t just walk the Magnificent Mile for its shopping wonders. Dine out magnificently on the Magnificent Mile. Go Asian, Italian or even Earth Friendly in your choice of restaurants during your Christmas trip to Chicago. Anything is possible in this winter city dream.

The Artist’s Chicago

The Museum of Contemporary Art collection covers visual art from 1945 to the present. One of the present exhibitions, Contested Territory, explores the continual relationship between history and the present and will delight the art lover with examples of pieces including sculpture, painting, video and photography. Make things easy by staying somewhere close, like the Seneca Hotel.

The museum also organises regular talks and discussions and there are a variety of workshops that you can sign up to in order to get cultured over the Christmas break. What’s more, the museum runs a fantastic family program to get the kids on board the artistic train too, including entire days full of arty events.

Further cosy places to lay your head at night can be found among the numerous Chicago hotels available during the festive season.