An excellent holiday option is taking your family to Chicago during the Christmas vacations. The city, a gangster's heaven in the past, has emerged as a beautiful amalgamation of world-class theatre, excellent architecture and fanatic sportsmanship. The windy city is bustling with options such as world class shopping, art galleries, museums, theatres, city parks and unique heritage sites. Visit the riverboat casinos, concert venues and amusement parks in the suburbs on your Chicago Christmas vacations. Take a trip to the observation deck at the Sears Tower and also visit the lovely parks, museums and beaches scattered along Lakeshore drive. The Brookfield Zoo and the Museum of Science and Industry are popular tourist attractions that you must visit on your Christmas vacations in Chicago. The exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago are renowned for their varied art displays ranging from Impressionist paintings to contemporary works. The world-famous Chicago Symphony Orchestra offers beautiful evening entertainment on your Chicago tours during Christmas vacations. For jazz music lovers the clubs found on Rush Street and the surrounding region offer fabulous entertainment. Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum and Buckingham Fountain are other major tourist attractions of the city that you must visit on your Christmas vacations tours to Chicago. You can stay in any of the excellent hotels, beautifully decorated with trees and lights during Christmas season, when you visit Chicago on your Christmas vacations. Don't forget to visit the shops and malls that offer a large variety of merchandise that can be bought both for personal use and for gift purposes. You can enjoy a fun-filled and unique Christmas vacations by going to any of the following tourist destinations in the US during the festive season: