Crowd quickly adjusted to ‘Holly Jolly’ date change in Niles, then showed up as they have each holiday season

Crowd quickly adjusted to ‘Holly Jolly’ date change in Niles, then showed up as they have each holiday season

The last-minute rescheduling of “Holly Jolly Fest” in Niles earlier this month due to forecast of a major snowfall may have been a scramble, but village officials said the date swap had little impact on the crowd size. Deputy Village Manager Katie Schneider told Pioneer Press the annual holiday-time event drew about the same number of attendees as in 2024. According to Schneider, when village officials saw that weather forecasts predicted heavy …