Joliet announces winter festivities, adds Jingle & Mingle holiday market

The city of Joliet on Tuesday released a calendar of winter festivities that this year adds a Jingle Mingle holiday market on City Square.“I hope you’ll bundle up, bring someone along, and make a little time to celebrate with us,” Mayor Terry D’Arcy said in a news release announcing the events. “And if the kids ask to go to one more event, I say go for it.”Christmas Tree Lighting Light Up the Holidays – Nov. 27The first holiday activity as usual is the day after Thanksgiving with a daylong Light Up the Holidays festival, a Christmas tree lighting and parade.“The celebration will also feature a holiday choir, fireworks, and a rendition of ‘Jingle Bells’ by Festival of the Gnomes actors from Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park,” according to the release.The downtown activities at City Square, located at 91 N. Chicago St., will be 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.The lighting ceremony for the city Christmas tree, a 30-foot Colorado spruce donated by Joliet residents Erin and Dan Drzymalla, will be a