All tagged Winter

Christmas Carols

Christmas Carols

Jack Siegel
Chicago, Chicago Tourism, Demonstrations, Donald J. Trump, Festivals, Musicians, Performance, Protest, Public Declarations

On Sunday, December 7, 2025, 15 Christmas carolers could be seen on the sidewalk adjacent to Daley Plaza, where the City’s annual Christkindlmarket is located. They hoped their songs would highlight what many believe is a genocide unfolding in Gaza. The melodies were familiar, but the words to the Christmas songs had been changed to highlight the death and destruction that the Palestinian People have been experienced during the last two years. Here are my thoughts about and images from this holiday demonstration.

Vortex

Vortex

Jack Siegel
Architecture, Urban Landscapes, Chicago

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The Arctic Vortex has arrived as the holiday shopping season shifts into high gear.  Last Friday night, Jane Byrne Park was a little more crowded, but Michigan Avenue was still hopping last night--with an eight second or so exposure, that is hard to tell--lots of ghosts--but folks are walking by with shopping bags full.

Arrival

Arrival

Jack Siegel
Urban Landscapes, Chicago

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Before attending Jules Masenet's Don Quichotte opera at the Lyric Opera this afternoon, I took my camera over to Belmont Harbor to commemorate the arrival of Chicago's first snow fall of the 2016-2017 winter.  It didn't take the form of flurries.  Instead it came down as wet snow that stuck to the grass, leaves, and bricks, but not the sidewalks or streets.  When I left the opera at 4:30PM, it was still coming down.  It had begun to accumulate on the streets and sidewalks.  Mostly slush.