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Here Are The Edgebrook, Sauganash Homes With Dazzling Holiday Lights (MAP)

By  Alex Nitkin and Tanveer Ali | December 9, 2016 6:09am 

 Sauganash homes are known for going all out on Christmas decorations.
Sauganash homes are known for going all out on Christmas decorations.
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CHICAGO — Halloween was just a preview.

Every holiday season heralds a friendly competition among Edgebrook and Sauganash residents, as neighbors try to claim the most spectacular displays of light and color outside their homes.

Some locals — and a bunch of suburbanites — have been known to trek to the Northwest Side neighborhoods to enjoy decorations this time of year.

On some nights there are even traffic jams as lines of slow-moving cars snake through the area's winding streets.

Instead of wandering through the area without a destination, try using this handy map:

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