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It's National Candy Cane Day, which seems fitting given that you likely have a surplus lying around your Barrington home at this point in the holiday season. We visited the National ...

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Okay, let's try this again this year. I'm a junkie for "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." It's my favorite holiday movie ever. I watch it at least once every year. Clark ...

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"Opening presents is like playing air hockey with God," is what Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal once wrote in trying to capture the joy of children opening gifts on Christmas morning. T...

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  It’s Christmas Day. The list of stores open today is pretty short. Of course, all government offices and the library are closed. And there is no mail service. Don't fret,...

Credit William Rupp

Barrington churches offer traditional, family services with carols, special readings and plenty of candlelight on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Here are the special services p...