Santa and Mrs. Claus wave to the crowd during Christmas festivities at the Metra station and on Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park, Illinois, Saturday, December 1, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

People take carriage rides down South Street during Christmas festivities at the Metra station on Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park, Illinois, Saturday, December 1, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

The Ftacek family - Julianna, 2; Jacob, 6; Jeff, 9; Jill and Jeff - from Joliet pose for a family photo on the sled bench at Zabrocki Plaza during Christmas festivities at the Oak Park Avenue Metra station in Tinley Park. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Aidan Watkins, 8, of Joliet, waits for his family's turn for a photo on the sled bench at Zabrocki Plaza during the Christmas festivities at the Oak Park Avenue Metra station in Tinley Park, on December 1, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Gabriella Fernandez, 1, of Tinley Park, cries out for her mother, Angela, as she takes her daughter's picture on Santa's lap during Christmas festivities at the Metra station on Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Gabriella Fernandez, 1, of Tinley Park, reaches for her mother, Angela, as she takes her daughter's picture on Santa's lap during Christmas festivities at the Oak Park Avenue Metra station in Tinley Park, on Dec. 1, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Maria Lawson, 15, of Manhattan, leads one of the Polar Express groups down Oak Park Avenue as part of the Christmas festivities in Tinley Park, Illinois, Saturday, December 1, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Madison Schneidewind, 4, of Tinley Park, waves the paws of her Rudolph doll at the passing parade during Christmas festivities at the Metra station and on Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park, Illinois, on December 1, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Madison Schneidewind, 4, of Tinley Park, waves the paws of her Rudolph doll at the passing parade during Christmas festivities at the Metra station and on Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park, Illinois, on December 1, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Veronica Evans, 2, waves to the crowd while walking with the Step Up Dance Academy group in the parade that was part of Christmas festivities at the Metra station and on Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park, on Dec. 1, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media