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The holidays are a fun time to enjoy festive activities with friends, family, and coworkers. It is also an easy time to overindulge in rich holiday foods and beverages. Don't wait for 2016 to start burning off those extra calories. Take a look at the holiday-themed runs below and pick one that sounds fun. You'll be hustling like Santa on Christmas Eve and burning those calories in no time! December 5, 2015 Santa Hustle 5K Where: Soldier Field, 1410 Museum Campus Drive Start Time: 9 a.m. Santa Speedo Run Where: She-Nannigan's, 16 West Division Street Start Time: 11 a.m. (open bar) and 1 p.m. (run) December 6, 2015 Go Santa Go 5K Where: Burnham Park, 5491 South Lake Shore Drive Start Time: 9 a.m. December 12, 2015 Jingle Bell Run/Walk & Santa Chase Where: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 North Cannon Drive Start Time: 9 a.m. (10K) and 9:10 a.m. (5K) Ugly Sweater Run Where: Soldier Field, 1410 Museum Campus Drive Start Time: 11 a.m. December 13, 2015 Chicago Time Trial

The Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago 2015–2016 season is under way with the selection of The Third Coast by Thomas Dyja as this season's book and "Chicago: The City That Gives" as this season's theme. Readers of The Third Coast will gain insight into what was happening in Chicago from the end of World War II to 1960 and will see how postwar Chicago's influence extended beyond the city to America as a whole. A wonderful lineup of walking tours, film screenings, presentations, and other events relating to the book and theme will take place through April 2016. Read the Book Check out a copy from the Chicago Public Library. Log in to the Chicago Public Library website with your library card and PIN and read online. The Third Coast has been broken down into five parts and will be released sequentially. Look for a copy when you're riding the CTA train. Chicago Ideas, through the Books on the L program, is putting copies of The