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If you feel that tug to be with people on Christmas Eve for a church service, may I suggest the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake.

I’d show you a view of a Christmas Eve service, buy my wife frowns on my taking pictures in church.

There are three services, as you can see below:

Christmas Eve services at the Crystal Lake Methodist Church.

As you can see, se4rvices will be held at 6, 9 and 11.

First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake.

The church is at the corner of West Crystal Lake Avenue and Dole Avenue.

A perfect T-shirt for Christmas Eve.

“Dear Santa, I was framed.” Who knows, it might work.

This young fellow was wearing over Thanksgiving vacation at Disney World.

First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake in September. If you want to see green color now, you'll have to come inside.

Lots of people feel the tug of wanting to go to church Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24, Worship

• The Christmas Story, Family Style ~ 6:00 pm
• Christmas Celebration with Candlelight ~ 9:00 pm
• Christmas Reflection ~ 11:00 pm

After we opened out stockings Christmas Eve and took a family photo, I decided to take the tripod outside and get some pictures of the luminaries we put out each Christmas Eve.

After I took shots of the driveway from the front walk, I went down to the intersection to take a picture of the house from a distance.

There I noticed that someone had put paper bag luminaries on Meridian Street from Lake Avenue all the way down to Broadway.

Boy, did they look good.

Naturally, I decided to take pictures of them.

What you see here is the Gate 12 sign with that long block full of lights.

If not a full moon, it was one day off, so the landscape was well lit.

The photo can be enlarged by clicking on it.

After we opened out stockings Christmas Eve and took a family photo, I decided to take the tripod outside and get some pictures of the luminaries we put out each Christmas Eve.

After I took shots of the driveway from the front walk, I went down to the intersection to take a picture of the house from a distance.

There I noticed that someone had put paper bag luminaries on Meridian Street from Lake Avenue all the way down to Broadway.

Boy, did they look good.

Naturally, I decided to take pictures of them.

What you see here is the Gate 12 sign with that long block full of lights.

If not a full moon, it was one day off, so the landscape was well lit.

The photo can be enlarged by clicking on it.