Unpack the lights and stockings, the holiday season kicks off when Santa arrives at the Mundelein Park District on Saturday, December 6. There’s fun for all ages. Bring your camera to capture those smiles.

Take time to treat yourself this holiday season. Put your health first, help others, and keep more holiday “green” in your pocket with the Mundelein Park District’s FREE “Sweat with Santa” fitness programs.

Celebrating holidays with family members provides an opportunity to share more than just turkey and stuffing. This year the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center joins the Office of the Surgeon General in declaring Thanksgiving to be “National Family History Day.” The Health Department encourages families to talk about and write down health problems that seem to run in their families as they gather to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.

From the Pioneer Press:

As we await tables piled high with turkeys, stuffing, cranberry sauce, cornbread, sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping, pumpkin pie… is your mouth watering yet? As we wait, there are plenty of events to work up an appetite until you sit down to dinner Nov. 27. Here’s our handy guide to Thanksgiving events.

Getting a chance to meet the jolly old man in the red suit at Christmas time will make any child’s day during the holidays. We’ve gathered up all the times and places in Lake County and the North Shore you can catch Santa Claus out and about before his big adventure delivering gifts to good boys and girls around the world.