30 photos of Chicago looking gorgeous during the holidays

Chicago knows how to trick itself out for Christmas. Here are our favorite Instagram photos from the past few weeks

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Photograph: @dsowaphoto CTA Holiday Train crossing the Chicago River.

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Photograph: @zfuentes4 CTA Holiday Train

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Photograph: @johnoneillphoto Skaters take to the ice at Millennium Park's ice-skating rink.

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Photograph: @alberthidalgophotography This tiger is so over ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo.

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Photograph: @verena891 ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo

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Photograph: @elpaco313 ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo

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Photograph: @johnoneillphoto View of Wrigley Building

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Photograph: @_geo.p A horse-drawn carriage (almost certainly schlepping tourists) at Christkindlmarket

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Photograph: @chicagocolorwheel The Great Tree at Christkindlmarket

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Photograph: @chrisburrichter Christkindlmarket

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Photograph: @nixietale The Great Tree at Chistkindlmarket

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Photograph: @chippercentral Menorah at Christkindlmarket

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Photograph: @ahardison93 Holiday decorations at Macy's State Street

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Photograph: @chocofrede The Merchandise Mart all aglow

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Photograph: @cmlinks17 State Street in the Loop

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Photograph: @daysalinas Outside Navy Pier

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Photograph: @dustinforest A Chicago house in the holiday spirit

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Photograph: @jacqwg The Water Tower in its holiday finery

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Photograph: @jillerin17

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Photograph: @kkomar0216 Wrigley Building plaza

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Photograph: @mjtam

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Photograph: @urkolainen

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Photograph: @chrisburrichter Chicago City Hall

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Photograph: @n3rdist This Logan Square house at 2656 W Logan Blvd might love Christmas a bit too much.

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Photograph: @shadqr Wrigley Building

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Photograph: @zadamerovich Lincoln Park Zoo ice rink

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Photograph: @nixietale The tree at the 900 Shops

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Photograph: @nikojmavi House on Southport Avenue

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Photograph: @nixietale United Center

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Photograph: @thestreetsarepavedwithpretty Wicker Park

By Laura Baginski | Posted: Monday December 15 2014

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Chicago is beautiful at all times of the year (yes, even during Snowpocalypse or the polar vortex), but Christmastime really takes the cake. Instagram is lousy with photos of the CTA Holiday Train, Christkindlmarket and ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo, one of our favorite things to do in Chicago during the holidays. Here are the best photos we found on Instagram during the past few weeks.

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