# What's Going On Week After Thanksgiving?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-week-after-thanksgiving/639849>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 4, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-week-after-thanksgiving/639849 "2012-11-04T13:48:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-week-after-thanksgiving/639849/1 "2012-11-04T13:48:48Z")

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So I’ve booked a trip to downtown Chicago for work the week after Thanksgiving and most of the hotels are all booked up and/or charging much higher prices than usual. What’s going on that I have to look forward to that week? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-week-after-thanksgiving/639849/2 "2012-11-04T21:55:37Z")

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Maybe it’s the [Christkindlmarket Chicago](http://www.christkindlmarket.com/en/).

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-week-after-thanksgiving/639849/3 "2012-11-04T22:20:05Z")

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It’s probably the Radiological Society’s meeting at McCormick Place from the 25th to 30th. Attendance looks to be over 50,000.

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**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-week-after-thanksgiving/639849/4 "2012-11-05T01:36:55Z")

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Wow, that’s HUGE! That would explain it. Maybe I’ll get an X-ray while I’m out there 🙂