Holiday Gift Guide

1.  Andersonville Galleria | 5247 N Clark
"Land of Lincoln" One-of-a-kind Globes by Yellow Wall Studio | $53 - In-store only

2. City Olive | 5644 North Clark
Acushla Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil | $50 - Both In-store and Online

3. Dearborn Denim & Apparel | 5202 N Clark
Kids Graphic Tee | $12-15

4. Edgewater Candles | 1050 W Bryn Mawr
Winter Collection - Apothecary Jars | $70 - Both In-store and Online

5. Early to Bed | 5138 N Clark
Flick Vibrating Ring | $64 - Both In-store and Online

6. The Green Goose Shop | 5238 N Clark
Savon de Marseille Soap | $16 - In-store only

7. GUS | Original Gus Giordano Dance School | 5230 N Clark
Baby / Toddler & Me Dance Class On Fridays & Saturdays | $25 - In-store only

8. *play | 5311 N Clark
Holiday Bundle | price varies from $50-$250 - Both In-store and Online

9. Kitchen Witch Tyromancy -- the Kitchen Witch comes to you
Tyromancy Session | $60 - Both In-store and Online

10. m.henry | 5707 N Clark
Gift Certificate | Any amount - Both In-store and Online

11. Más Beauty Restoration | 1515 W Berwyn
Milbon A perfect shampoo, deep cleansing and light! | $35 - In-Store only

12. Jeni's Ice Creams | 5306 N Clark
Splendid Holiday Collection | $58 - Both In-store and Online

13. The Wooden Spoon | 5047 N Clark
Cooking Classes | $95 - In-store

14. Salon Aken | 5666 N Clark
Hand Relief & Foot Relief Essentials | $62 - Both In-store and Online

15. Milk Handmade | 5137 N Clark
Fragrance Discovery Set | $24: Both In-store and Online

16.  Rare Form | 5438 N Clark
Swedish Pine Gnome Soap | $12 - Both In-store and Online

17. Printed Curiosities - Online only
3D Printed Journal | $15-20 depending on size - Online only

18. Sandbox Baby Boutique | 5349 N Clark
Shearling Zip Jacket | $62 - Both In-store and Online

19. SkinQ Facials & Waxing | 1509 W Berwyn
Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peel | $92 - Both In-store and Online

20. StellaLily | Mobile and Online - StellaLily is popping up outside of 5233 N Clark Friday, December 6 and 20th
Chicago Landmark Coasters by StellaLily | $16 per coaster - Both In-store and Online

21. ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE | 5307 N Clark
Tub O' Cheese Balls Ornament | $19.95 - Both In-store and Online

22. Urban Pooch Canine Life Center | 4501 N Ravenswood
Eddie the Holiday Sloth & Spruce Moose | $21.49 - $35.99 - In-Store Only

23. Vase & Vessel | 5135 N Clark
Andersonville Candle | $32-$36 - In-Store only

Late Night Andersonville

 

LATE NIGHT ANDERSONVILLE

 

Alamo Shoes | 5321 N Clark

Ándale Market | 5232 N Clark

Andersonville Galleria | 5247 N Clark: Galleria will be open until 8PM

Chicago Dance Supply | 5301 N Clark St Fl 2: 15% off leotards, warm ups, & social shoes over $95. $15 off Regina & SUR tango shoes. 

Dearborn Denim & Apparel | 5202 N Clark : 10% off everything in store

Early to Bed | 5138 N Clark: Free gift with $25 purchase and 10% off from 5-8PM

Edgewater Candles | 1050 W Bryn Mawr

ENJOY, An Urban General Store | 5307 N. Clark: On December 6 experience an ENJOY Indie Holiday Pop-Up! ENJOY will be staying open till at least 8PM for your gift giving needs!

Event Horizon Gallery | 5517 N Clark: Both Nights! Live DJs, music, and Special VR Arena Late Evening Sessions

FIYA Restaurant | 5419 N Clark: FIYA will be open late. We offer a vast selection of natural wines, seasonal cocktails and craft beer on tap. Limited food menu available.

Foursided | 5061 N Clark: Buy 3 Holiday Greeting Cards and get the 4th free!

Lilla Barn Clothing | 5535 N Clark: Lilla Barn is offering free gift wrap as well as holiday-inspired cocktails.

Lonesome Rose | 5310 N Clark: Half off chips & dip

m.henry | 5707 N Clark: Come by for festive food & drink specials!

Más Beauty Restoration | 1515 W Berwyn

Mercantile M | 5409 1/2 N Clark

Milk Handmade | 5137 N Clark: Baked goods pop-up with Everyday Feast

Neo-Futurists | BEST OF THE INFINITE WRENCH 2024 - Tickets Here

Paper & Pencil | 1480 W Berwyn

*play | 5311 N Clark

Rare Form | 5438 N Clark: Come Sip and shop

Replay Andersonville | 5358 N Clark: Enjoy craft holiday cocktails and winter beers!

Salon Aken | 5666 N Clark

StellaLily | popping up at 5233 N Clark: Handmade works by women artists and makers.

Swedish American Museum | 5211 N Clark: Swedish American Museum, Café & Kerstin Andersson Museum Store, Open 10AM - 8PM and Brunk Children’s Museum of Immigration open 10AM-4PM

The Guesthouse Hotel | 4872 N Clark

Vase & Vessel | 5135 N Clark: Both nights! Stop in for special discounts on great gift ideas and holiday decor items! 

Via Rose Hair Studio | 5142 North Clark

Violet Hawthorne | 5447 N Clark

Women & Children First | 5233 N Clark: open until 8PM. Offering 20% off holiday boxed cards and 2025 calendars.

Holiday Dining & Events

Holiday Experiences in Andersonville


Holiday Food, Dining, and Drinks

Chicago Foodways Tours | Online | The Great Chicago Cookie Box
Send your loved ones, clients and friends a unique Chicago experience that supports family bakeries. The Great Chicago Cookie Box contains a variety of 30 cookies from 8 different bakeries representing the international and local flavors that make Chicago so delicious. Click here to order

defloured: A Gluten Free Bakery | Holiday Orders | 1477 W Balmoral
The December holiday order form is here! Click on this link to view details and place your order. Holiday selections are also available at the window, while supplies last!

First Slice Pie Cafe | 5357 N Ashland | Holiday Pre-Orders
It's that time of year, snowflakes, creating memories and PIE! When you invite First Slice to your table you not only take the burden off yourself but you also help fill a plate of someone in need. Click here for the holiday pre-order details!

Lost Larson | 5318 N Clark | Saffron Bun & Christmas Pre-Orders
Saffron Bun (Lussekatter) pre-orders available for pickup on December 10, 11, 14 and are also available in store 12/7 - 12/18 on a limited basis. Christmas pre-orders are now open for pick-up December 23-24

Smack Dab | 6730 N Clark | Holiday Pre-Orders
Offering Christmas & Hanukkah goodies including limited amounts of Sufganiyot Donuts! Guests must pre-order these treats by using the online reservation system by clicking here.

Uvae Kitchen & Wine Bar | 5553 N Clark | Holiday Cheese & Charcuterie
Let them build you a Beautiful Board! Order here

Meeting House Tavern | 5025 N Clark | Big Gay Holiday Gayme Show | December 13 | 8PM-10PM
Win prizes, laugh, drink and be merry! Join Sofonda Booz and her elves, Josh and Johnny from Choose Your Own Game Night during the BIG Gay Holiday Gayme Show. Click here for event details

Bar Roma | 5101 N Clark | Christmas Eve Dining | December 24 | 4:30PM-10:30PM
Welcoming guests for a celebratory Christmas Eve dinner. In addition to the regular dinner menu, executive chef Fred Ramos will feature an array of holiday specials. For menu & table reservations, click here!

Big Jones | 5347 N Clark | Christmas Eve Reveillon | December 24 | 4PM-8PM
Reservations are available for their annual Creole Reveillon dinner, click here for menu and more details!

Atmosphere | 5355 N Clark | New Year’s Eve | December 31 | 6PM-3AM
DJ Ron G & DJ Riley York. Celebrate the evening with a champagne toast! Featuring hot dancers and a video countdown, no cover! Click here for details

Bar Roma | 5101 N Clark | New Year’s Eve Specials | December 31 | 4:30PM-10:30PM
Ring in 2023 with authentic Italian cuisine at Bar Roma in Andersonville! On Saturday, December 31, Chef Fred Ramos will offer an array of New Year's Eve dinner specials!

Big Jones | 5347 N Clark | A Celebration of the New Year | December 31 | 5PM-10PM
Reservations are available for their annual New Year's Eve dinner, click here for menu and more details!

The SoFo Tap | 4923 N Clark | New Year's Eve Countdown | December 31 | 9pm-3am
Looking for a NO cover, NO attitude NYE? Their annual bear fest is back and ringing in 2023 with a music video countdown featuring all your favorites. Hosted by DJ Bearbie and a free bubbles toast at midnight!

Holiday Gifts & Shopping

Give the Gift of Andersonville 2022 | Online
Something Profound Weddings third annual gift giving guide featuring Andersonville Chamber of Commerce Members! Each gift suggestion is linked to the business webpage. Many of these businesses can ship gifts directly or even gift wrapping! Take a look - there’s so much more to see and shop locally on each site and in store. Click here for the guide!

Holiday Celebrations & Workshops

Swedish American Museum | 5211 N Clark | Julmarknad | December 3-4
Julmarknad is the Museum’s annual Christmas Bazaar, where traditional Scandinavian and modern handicrafts will be available for purchase. Visit the Children’s Museum for crafts, games and a special visit from Santa. It is entertainment for the whole family and includes kaffestuga, Lucia processions and folk dancers. Click here for details

KOVAL Distillery | 4241 N Ravenswood | Wreath Making Workshop | December 6 | 7PM
Join Vivant Gardening Services and Linda Laake Designs for a festive wreath workshop on KOVAL's distillery platform! Click here to view event

GUS®| Original Gus Giordano Dance School | 5230 N Clark | December 9 | 5:30PM
GUS® Holiday Show at Senn High School! Free to the public!

CirquesExperience | 5900 N Glenwood | Wheel thru the Season | December 10 | 5PM-6:30PM
Join them at the Senn High School on December 10, 2022- as their kids and teenagers bring the magic of the circus to your holiday celebration. Wheel acrobatics and gymnastics with music in the spirit of the holiday season! Click here for event details and tickets

KOVAL Distillery | 4241 N Ravenswood | Trashy Holiday Market | December 10 | 12PM-5PM
Join KOVAL and Nowhere Collective for a holiday market in the distillery! This market will feature local Chicago Makers using only reclaimed materials, repurposing less-than-loved stuff and promoting circular activities. Click here for details

Meeting House Tavern | 5025 N Clark | Ornament Decorating | December 14 | 8PM-11PM
Ornament Decorating hosted by local artist Wil Velez. Click here for details!

StudioUs | 4806 N Clark | Holiday Workshops | December 19 - January 6 | 10AM-3PM
Sign up for Holiday Workshops offered Monday through Friday, view the workshops and details by clicking here

Chicago Magic Lounge | 5050 N Clark |  New Year’s Eve Celebration | December 31
Make your New Year’s Eve extraordinary! Surround yourself with magic in the elegant Art Deco-style cabaret for a special Signature Show performance to ring in the New Year. The evening starts with close-up magic performed right at your cabaret table by their talented house magicians- followed by a 60-minute stage show featuring some of the best magicians working today. At the end of the mainstage show, countdown to the New Year, share a champagne toast, and welcome the arrival of 2023. Click here for tickets!

Holidays in Andersonville

 

 

Santa Tracker

Andersonville Santa Tracker

Where in Andersonville is Santa this Holiday Season? He’s making his list and checking it twice to make sure all of your holiday gifts can be shopped locally! There are plenty of opportunities to see Santa this season.


December 1 | Photos with SantaThe Guesthouse Hotel | 4872 N Clark | 11AM - 4PM: Sponsored by Urban Pooch Canine Life Center & Urban Pooch Training and Fitness Center

December 7 | Santa on the Holiday Trolley | 12:30 to 3:30PM : Sponsored by Urban Pooch Canine Life Center & Urban Pooch Training and Fitness Center

December 8 | Cookie Decorating with Santa | The Guesthouse Hotel | 4872 N Clark | December 8 | 10AM - 2PM
Sponsored by defloured: A Gluten Free Bakery & Urban Pooch Canine Life Center & Urban Pooch Training and Fitness Center

December 8 | Lady Gregory's | 5260 N Clark: Visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus from 5:30-6:30PM

December 15 & 22 | Replay Andersonville | 5358 N Clark: Brunch, holiday music, and photos with Santa from 12-2PM

Andersonville Cares Campaign

Andersonville Cares Campaign

Be Mindfully Merry this Holiday season by stopping by or shopping online at one of your favorite participating businesses to purchase a gift card. Gift cards will be collected from the participating locations and donated to local non-profits that support families in need this Holiday Season.

Clothing

Chicatolia Artisan Collective | 5209 N Clark | Gift Cards

Cowboys and Astronauts | 1478 W Summerdale | Gift Cards

Dearborn Denim & Apparel | 5202 N Clark | Gift Cards

ENJOY, An Urban General Store | 5307 N Clark | Gift Cards

RAYGUN | 5207 N Clark | Gift Cards

Sandbox Baby Boutique | 5349 N Clark | Gift Cards

Extra curricular activities

GUS®| Original Gus Giordano Dance School | 5230 N Clark | Gift Cards

Food

Edgewater Produce | 5515 N Clark | Gift Cards

Mental Health & Wellness

A Pretty Flower | 2334 W Lawrence | Gift Cards

Early to Bed & Trans Essentials | 5138 N Clark | Gift Cards

Toys and Music for Children

*play | 5311 N Clark | Gift Cards

AlleyCat Comics | 5304 N Clark | Gift Cards

Events & Donation Drives

Big City Optical | 5653 N Clark | November 27 - December 17
Toy, clothes, and food drive

Care for Real | Food Rescue Program | November 29
Help reach their goal with a donation of any size. Share with friends and family to take them over the finish line by Giving Tuesday on November 29. Click here to donate

Blaze Pizza | 6550 N Sheridan | November 29 | 1PM-8PM
20% of dine in, delivery, and takeout sales will be donated to Care for Real! Help them reach the minimum registration required to secure support and register in advance. Register here

Uvae Kitchen & Wine Bar | 5553 N Clark | November 29 | 6PM-8PM
$5 with 100% of proceeds donated to Care for Real!

Edgewater Candles | Online | November 29
Donating 10% of their online sales on Giving Tuesday, November 29 to Care for Real.

ONE Northside | 4648 N Racine | Toy Drive | December 11 | 11AM-1PM
CP4P | 1766 W Devon | Toy Drive | December 11 | 2PM-4PM
Hardware Strength & Conditioning partnering with ONE Northside and CP4P to bring holiday cheer to their neighborhood kids. Accepting gifts for those newborn to 16 years old. Masks are required at drop off locations. Accepting donations via mail to arrive before December 12. Click here for details

The Neo-Futurist Theater | 5153 N Ashland | 40k in 60 Days Fundraiser | Through December 31
Support The Neo-Futurist's growth in community partnerships and more by donating to their fundraiser! Full details here

Women & Children First | 5233 N Clark | Weekends in December
Volunteer gift wrapping fundraisers on weekends in December supporting local organizations.

The SoFo Tap | 4923 N Clark | December 3 | 9PM-1AM
Toys for Tots toy drive as part of their monthly DILF party. Click here for event page

Lady Gregory's | 5260 N Clark | Children's Book Drive | December 4 | 5PM-6:30PM
Bring Santa a book to support Care for Real and receive a complimentary photo from Angela Garbot Photography!

KOVAL Distillery | 4241 N Ravenswood | Coat Drive | December 17-24
Coat Drive with One Warm Coat

Orange Shoe | 5609 N Clark | November 14-January 8
Accepting diapers, wipes, & formula. Contact Orange Shoe if you have questions about drop off hours or items.

St Lucia

2024 Event Details
Volunteer Here!

4:45PM | Procession starts at the Museum and goes to Catalpa and Clark
5PM | Performance at the Christmas Tree on Catalpa
7PM | Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1650 W Foster

During the event, children dress up as St. Lucia, wearing crowns of candles, and someone will be crowned this year's Lucia. There will have a performance by the Lucia candidates and a procession on Clark Street by all St. Lucia and Star Boy participants.

Almost every town in Sweden chooses one girl to be that year’s Lucia girl and lead the town’s Lucia parade. The chosen girl wears a white full-length chemise with a red sash around her waist, and a ring of lingonberry sprigs on her head. The wreaths hold real candles, which give the effect of a halo. The Lucia girl is joined by a group of Lucia attendants and Star Boys, who together form a choir that sing Christmas carols and the traditional Lucia Song. Individual families also choose their own Lucia – usually the oldest daughter — whose duties are to sing and serve the family saffron buns and peppakakor.

Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood was first settled as a Swedish farming community after the Great Fire of 1871, when Swedish enclaves on the near north side of Chicago moved further north. Today, Andersonville still honors its Swedish traditions, while hosting a vibrant, diverse community with many cultures.

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