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The City wishes everyone a happy holiday season!
City offices are closed on Wednesday, December 25, for the Christmas holiday and Wednesday, January 1, for New Year's Day. Refuse collection will be delayed one day each week due to the holidays. Please note that the City Council meeting scheduled for January 6, 2025, has been canceled.
Holiday Hoopla
The Des Plaines Youth Commission presents the 2024 Holiday Hoopla from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on December 14. Visit with Santa and enjoy crafts, games, cookies, juice and holiday cheer! The event will be held at the Des Plaines Public Library in Meeting Room C. Admission is free, and children must arrive by 2:30 p.m. to visit Santa. Participants are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item for the Self Help Closet and Pantry.
Holiday Decorating Safety Tips
It’s fun to decorate for the winter holidays, but holiday decorations can increase the risk of a home fire. As you deck the halls this season, be fire smart.
- Inspect holiday lights each year before you put them up. Throw away light strands with frayed or pinched wires.
- Water your Christmas tree every day. A dry tree is dangerous because it can catch on fire easily.
- Consider using battery-operated flameless candles, which can look, smell and feel like real candles.
- If you do use lit candles, make sure they are in stable holders and place them where they cannot be knocked down easily.
Recycle Your Holiday Tree
The Public Works and Engineering Department is collecting holiday trees throughout the city, weather permitting, starting Monday, January 6, 2025, through Friday, January 10, 2025. Bare holiday trees (no decorations, lights, tinsel or plastic bags) should be left at the curbside before 7 a.m. on January 6.
If you miss this opportunity and you’re an LRS customer, they will pick up trees through Friday, January 17, weather permitting. After this time, any bare holiday trees will need to be disposed of in April when landscape waste pick-up begins. Trees frozen to the ground cannot be picked up.
Upcoming Meetings and Reminders
- 12/14/24: Des Plaines Youth Commission’s Holiday Hoopla 1-3 p.m.
- 12/16/24: Council Meeting 7 p.m.
- 12/25/24: Christmas Day - City offices closed. One-day delay for refuse collection.
- 1/1/25: New Year’s Day - City offices closed. One-day delay for refuse collection.
- 1/6/25: Public Works Holiday Tree Collection Begins (weather permitting).
- 1/6/25: Council Meeting CANCELED
Visit desplainesil.gov and check out our calendar to see what’s happening around town.
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