Day 10: Wearing the Green, North Side, South Side

Sharon Shea Bossard (Finding Your Chicago Irish) reminds us that the North Side and South Side Irish (and those that love and associate with them or their traditions) have special places to celebrate further in the month of December.

The Irish American Heritage Center on the Northwest Side has already held their annual Christmas bazaar for crafts and baked goods, but it's not too late to enjoy Christmas at the Center at this cultural bastion's atmospheric Fifth Province Pub! Sing, dance, and Guinness the night away with carols, the Chancey Brothers, Joe McShane, and Another Pint. Friday, December 17, 8 p.m.

On the South Side, Chicago Gaelic Park, has everything from the Mingle & Jingle Christmas Party (December 16, 6:30-10:30 p.m.), Tony Kenny's Christmas Time in Ireland Show (December 19, 7 p.m.), and on the last day of the year, a family New Year's Eve party at 4 p.m. and the New Year's Eve Gala at 8 p.m.