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How do Chicagoans survive the winter? Distraction is the only logical means, really. This city’s plentiful ugly sweater pub crawls, holiday dinners and boozy bashes go a long way to help keep your mind off eyeball-freezing temperatures.

>>Black Wednesday parties

Raise a glass to one of the biggest drinking holidays of the year, the day before Thanksgiving.

>>Thanksgiving dinners

Let the chefs at one of these Chicago restaurants do the cooking this year.

>>Holiday pub crawls

Don your ugliest yuletide sweater for these holiday season bashes.

>>Fall beer fests

Your guide to craft beer events, from Beer Hoptacular to the Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer.

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