Dozens of community members, Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson, Santa Claus, Homewood-Flossmoor Park District employees and the Flossmoor Firebirds gathered at Flossmoor Park for the village’s annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 9.
Community members roasted marshmallows over a bonfire, made s’mores, drank hot cocoa with candy canes and took photos with Santa Claus before the tree-lighting ceremony.
Stephanie Zuba-Bates, China Howard and Myisha Toliver, parents of the Flossmoor Firebirds, an…


