If you rode the Red or Brown Line yesterday, you probably encountered at least one inebriated individual dressed up in tacky Christmas attire covered with stickers. The Twelve Bars of Christmas bar crawl (better known as TBOX) invaded Wrigleyville on Saturday, attracting crowds of revelers to more than 40 bars throughout the neighborhood.
The party seemed a bit more subdued than usual (no one was stabbed in a bathroom this year), but bitterly cold weather and some afternoon snowfall didn't stop the celebration from spilling out onto the streets. Clark Street was clogged with people in Santa hats, ugly sweaters and adult onesies, all under the watchful eye of Chicago Police officers and private security guards.
Take a look at what you missed if you didn't set foot in Wrigleyville this weekend—our photographer captured shivering revelers, people doing "cereal shots" and plenty of other drunken antics that could land them on a proposed TBOX reality show (working title: "CrawlStars") that organizers were filming on Saturday.
All photos by Kristan Lieb
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