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Replies(13) How are you celebrating Christmas this year? (Shutterstock) ILLINOIS — The majority of Illinois Patch readers said they plan to limit their Christmas celebrations to their households only and do not plan to travel, but a larger portion of those who responded said they will gather for Christmas as usual despite the pandemic, compared with a similar survey regarding Thanksgiving. Of the nearly 2,000 who responded to Patch's non-scientific survey, more than 58 percent said they will celebrate Christmas with their own households only. That's slightly less than the 64 percent who sai...

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Subscribe Charmaine Bretz of Naperville, "The spirit of Christmas" Nancy McGuire of Illinois: "Making Gingerbread houses every year is our family tradition. I bake gingerbread pieces all week so we can all make our houses. We all have so much fun making the houses and of course eating the candy as we go along." Rochelle Villegas of Joliet shared this photo of 4-year-old Oliver decorating his gingerbread choo-choo. Elizabeth Lupetini of Western Springs shared this gingerbread creation she said is "from a kit, but inspired by the tropics! My children Caroline and Robert are very creative and pa...