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This year has required much adapting, especially during the holiday season. Read below to learn about some of our Children’s Services staff members’ holiday traditions and how they’re adapting them in the wake of COVID-19. Miss Joyce My family’s past…

During the holidays, there is so much to see: the lights, trees, and everyone dressed in their sparkly best. Then if it snows, it’s a whole new beautiful world. Artists have long tried to convey the Christmas spirit. From early…

We can say with certainty that 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. The holiday season is another difficult time for many with the stress of buying presents, preparing celebrations, making decorations and all that jazz. Enter a global…

You’ve probably heard the term before, whether in reference to the Yule Log tradition, as a lyric of a “Yuletide Carol,” or the famous Hogwarts Yule Ball in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Many assume the word is…

It’s that time of year! We want you to design and create your best (or maybe worst) ugly holiday sweater or T-shirt. Grab whatever you have on hand at home and start crafting. Submit a photo of your finished masterpiece…

Thanksgiving is the beloved fall holiday sandwiched between Halloween and Christmas. While some folks are already putting up their holiday tree and gleefully wrapping presents, an army of sweater-wearing, flannel-layering, harvest-loving home chefs are prepping their pantries and organizing a…

Are you craving some SPOOKtacular Halloween movies? Join Melissa and Dennis as they trick-or-treat through the library to find some sweet scary movie recommendations. Let us know “witch” is your favorite—don’t ghost us!

As with so many things this year, Halloween will be a little different. The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control have published safety guidelines, suggestions for alternative activities and warnings about what not to do this year. Haunted…

Ya llegó el mes de octubre y a muchos les gusta leer libros con criaturas de terror que pueden ser muy divertidos. Ponte en el espíritu de halloween con estos libros nuevos que tenemos en la biblioteca.

“For those that got away, the answer was ‘wherever.’ Initially, some of them went to Antwerp, and then all over. The correct answer was ‘elsewhere,’ because those who stayed and said, ‘we are modern, secular Austrian citizens, many of us…