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A DEBUT BOOK BY CATHERINE GRACE KATZ OF WINNETKA REVEALS THE UNTOLD STORY OF THREE YOUNG WOMEN WHO ACCOMPANIED THEIR FAMOUS FATHERS TO A HISTORIC CONFERENCE 75 YEARS AGO. BY RONI MOORE NEUMANN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Catherine Grace Katz’s earliest memories of growing up in Winnetka were of her mother, Andy Katz, reading books to her and her siblings—everything from the classics to Harry Potter. She also recalls the influence of her firstgrade teacher at Greeley School in Winnetka. “Miss White let me go to the library every day. It was a special privilege. And every day, I was able to check out not one, but two books. I was in heaven,” says Katz, today an author and historian with degrees in history from Harvard and Cambridge with a JD at Harvard Law School in progress. “I love the feel, the smell of books.” Reading and learning were a priority of the high-achieving Katz household. And it was perhaps those early seeds of discovery and storytelling that inspired her to turn a research project into a book that’s already capturing international attention. The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans tells the story of three young women who accompanied their famous fathers to a February 1945 conference that proved pivotal in the reorganization of Germany and Europe. “I did not intend to focus my academic research on Winston Churchill, but he had somewhat accidentally become a focus of both my senior thesis and dissertation,” says Katz, the eldest of three, with Oliver, 24, a University of Chicago graduate, now pursuing a master’s
degree at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and Anna, 18, a rising first year student, at the University of Chicago. The path that led her to that moment was filled with similar achievements and accolades. After graduating from New Trier, Katz earned a coveted spot at Harvard, where she majored in history with a minor in economics. Outside of the classroom, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and Co-Chair of the Quincy House Committee, for which she received the Aloian-Beal Leadership Award. The award that meant most to her, however, was a bit more unique—the Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting for an entry inspired by her grandmother’s original Nancy Drew mystery collection from the 1930s. She graduated magna cum laude in the Harvard Class of 2013. While at Harvard, Katz worked as an intern for Goldman Sachs but turned down a job offer there to move to England to pursue her master’s in history at the University of Cambridge, a dream since childhood. “That singular year at Cambridge is one that I will always treasure,” says Katz, who then traded pastoral Cambridge for Manhattan following graduation—joining a highly competitive analyst program at a leading asset management firm. As it turns out, she didn’t leave England far behind. In the lobby of her office was a bookstore, Chartwell Booksellers, named for Churchill’s country home. During coffee breaks on long days filled with Excel spreadsheet modeling, Katz would visit the bookstore where she met the owner, who became a kindred spirit and later introduced her to the International Churchill Society. It was there that she also met members of the Churchill family who wanted a young historian to mine the newly released collection of the papers of Sarah Churchill, Winston’s daughter, and write an article about the two. These papers were back at Cambridge and Continued on PG 8
Catherine Grace Katz of Winnetka, shown here in a Maje dress, is the author of a new book about three famous daughters who were part of history during World War II. PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANK ISHMAN
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Katz quickly said “yes.” “As my interest in the archive intensified, particularly in Sarah Churchill’s wartime experience, it was clear that this was leading to more than an article. I was fascinated to learn that not only had Churchill brought his daughter to serve as his aide at the Yalta Conference, so had Franklin Roosevelt, and Ambassador Averell Harriman, an absolute anomaly in 1945,” she explains. “These young women and their relationships with their fathers were something truly special.”
Kathleen Harriman with Fact, one of the two horses Joseph Stalin gifted to the Harrimans, 1946. Photo used by permission of the Mortimer family
Section Officer Sarah Churchill Oliver, Photographic Interpretation Unit, RAF Medmenham, c. 1943–45. Photo from Sarah Churchill Papers. Photo used by permission of Churchill Archives Center And there began the intensive work on the book about these “daughter diplomats.” With Harvard Law School in the back of her mind, Katz quit her job to become a writer. “The three families—the Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans—were so gracious, they gave me access to a huge amount of private papers, places, and interviews,” Katz says. Following a year and a half of research in England, New York, and Washington, D.C., Katz went to work on a draft. With turns at an antique desk in her parents’ home in Winnetka, fireside at Chicago’s University Club, and toward the end, back in Cambridge as she pursued her JD from Harvard Law, Katz wrote the book. She’s come a long way from that little Greeley School library but in a recent interview, it’s easy to see how Katz’s childhood experiences in Winnetka may have inadvertently pointed her to the historic moment she uncovered and is now sharing with the world. “Growing up in a place like Winnetka, with resources and schools that nurture the love of learning, is just amazing. At Greeley, there was a Young Authors program where our stories were made into actual books. And the Star Lab brought the solar system to our library. But the best was the Pioneer Room for third graders. We got to live like pioneers in Little House on the Prairie for an entire school day,” she explains. “And, throughout my life, our family’s favorite stops in town—Starbucks and then on to Winnetka’s Book Stall. It’s one of the greatest places in the world.” Books and baseball were two of Katz’s early and enduring interests. She played catch with
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FDR holding Anna Roosevelt, age 3, at Campobello Island in 1909, twelve years before his paralysis. Photo courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum her brother and dad, Marc Katz, in the backyard of their historic home. As a natural next step, her parents signed her up to play baseball while she was in grade school. The team consisted only of boys at the time, given that girls typically played softball. “I liked to pitch,” she says, with a smile. Katz made the KWBA All-Star team. She continued playing baseball as the first girl to try out for the New Trier Boys’ team. “Mom was one of eight girls, and my grandmother was always ahead of her time. It didn’t occur to me that girls didn’t do certain things. In our family, we were always encouraged just to do our best. So, there I was, with braids and bows, playing baseball with the boys. I loved it.” Learning always took center stage in their family. Her interest in history grew out of a love for The Sound of Music and White Christmas as well as the music, style, and sweeping tales of World War II. “It was a time when regular people were asked to do more. In a period of darkness, people were challenged to rise to the occasion,” she continues. Her eighth-grade term paper at Washburne Middle School, which focused on World War II’s famous Great Escape, the subject of the classic 1963 film, would be a prelude to the research and writing she is doing today. Advance praise for The Daughters of Yalta has come from such wide-ranging luminaries
Catherine Grace Katz, shown wearing a military jacket by Ralph Lauren and a white silk top by Ted Baker, says her experiences growing up in Winnetka helped shape the writer and historian she is today. PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANK ISHMAN as Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, to famed writers Jeffrey Toobin, Erik Larson, and John Burnham Schwartz. Amy Pascal, film producer and Academy Award nominee, has optioned the film rights. What’s next on the horizon for Katz? With the book’s debut, full-scale national publicity, and then, who knows? As Katz says, her New Trier adviser once gave
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A LEGACY OF CHANGE THE ALLENDALE ASSOCIATION IMPACTS THE LIVES IT TOUCHES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. BY ANN MARIE SCHEIDLER THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
When Peter Roth’s grandfather, Herman Charles Roth, was 10 years old, his father and stepmother put him on a train from Wisconsin with a note pinned to his coat that read “Allendale.” When he arrived at the nearest train stop, the conductor pointed the little boy in the direction of Allendale Farm. In those years, Allendale Farm was an orphanage for boys that was opened in 1897. Founder Edward “Cap” Bradley purchased a plot of land in Illinois near Cedar Lake from a farmer named Allen, ultimately creating a haven for urban homeless boys. The orphanage had a self-sustaining farm with fruits, vegetables, and livestock, which the boys tended. It wasn’t long after Herman arrived at Allendale that Bradley put his arm around him and said, “Welcome home.” Allendale was Herman’s home until he graduated from high school. He was so grateful to the home Allendale provided him that he stayed in touch with founder Bradley for many years. His grandson discovered a series of letters
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Kevin Gorter Field, Allendale between Herman and Bradley after Herman passed away. “My grandfather was an amazing man who lived to the ripe old age of 99,” says Peter. “He was the kindest, gentlest, God-fearing man who put others above himself. Cap Bradley meant so much to my grandfather that he gave my father the middle name Bradley, who gave me the middle name Bradley, and my wife and I carried on this tradition with our first born son, too.” During the 1920s, the orphanage Allendale Farm became the Allendale School for Boys (girls didn’t attend until 1987) and evolved in the early 1960s into a treatment facility. Today, the Allendale Association is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to excellence and innovation in the care, treatment, education, and advocacy for families, children, and youth with serious emotional, mental, and behavioral health challenges. Through a variety of programs, it serves nearly 800 children from Lake, Cook, McHenry, and Kenosha Counties as well as
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the central and southern regions of Illinois. “When families find their way to Allendale, they’re in need of the specialized treatment we can provide,” explains Jason Keeler, Allendale Association’s Executive Director. “Our responsibility is to provide stability and hope by leveraging our continuum of services and bringing families back together as quickly as we can.” Allendale’s charge has become particularly stressful in this time of Covid-19, as much of their day programing has been largely shut down. However, their residential living facility has remained open and working with modifications in place to ensure the safety and health of all involved. “Sheltering in place, we are fortunate and very grateful for the space and surroundings we have,” explains Keeler, noting the organization has fully taken advantage of its more than one hundred acres of outdoor space during this time. “Our grounds are truly spectacular and are one of the most appealing aspects of Allendale. It’s a beautiful environment in which to retreat and to heal.” The Allendale Shelter Club is one of the primary fundraising bodies for the Allendale
Association. Founded in 1906 by 16 women, the Shelter Club has grown to more than 60 women, contributing more than $13 million over the years. “In addition to raising money, I really see our job as providing the ‘mother’s touch’ that is missing for many of these kids,” says Laura Torosian, the Allendale Shelter Club’s current board president. “In the past when we’ve been able to host our parties for the kids, I’m always so humbled by the stories that got these children (many ages 4-18) here. I was working at an arts and crafts table one year, when two older boys came over and sat down with me. They told me that if it wasn’t for Allendale, they would be dead or in jail. For them, it was a gift to know where they were waking up tomorrow morning. Allendale is allowing these kids to see a whole different side of the world—it’s giving them hope and showing them that there are people cheering them on, who want them to succeed.” Torosian cannot say enough about her dynamic board who, even in this time of canceled fundraisers and virtual meetings, is thinking outside of the box on ways they can support Allendale. “If there was a year to flee a board, 2020 would be the year to do it,” says Torosian. “But almost on a daily basis, I have women calling me with new ideas of how we could be helping Allendale more. Last year, our main fundraiser’s theme was a ‘Night of Surprises.’ Our board has literally applied this theme to the entire year. I’ve never been more proud to be part of such an incredibly dynamic and hard-working group of women.” Keeler is quick to acknowledge the impor-
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tance of the Shelter Club to Allendale. “It’s not lost on me for a minute that we couldn’t exist without the work the Shelter Club does for us,” he says. “Their fundraising efforts, their support for more than a century—I don’t think we’d be around without them.” In addition to much-needed funding, Keeler says there is one more way the community could help Allendale and its mission. “The biggest challenge we have is finding foster families for many of the youth in our care who are not able to return to their biological families,” he says. “It’s a key component to helping children transition back into the world—being able to match them with the right families. It’s a big ask and I realize this, but if you feel called to play such a role, we have the supports in place to help you do this.” The impact of Allendale has proven to have a reach far beyond the students that pass through its programs. “In the letters my grandfather left behind, he described his time at Allendale as ‘heaven on earth,’” recalls Peter. “I will be forever grateful to Allendale for the heritage they gave to my grandfather that made him the man that he was. His children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren all have been given a legacy through him because of Allendale and Cap Bradley. Being able to visit Allendale, the site where he grew up, meant so much to me and my family. My sister and I still speak about it and talk about returning again.” To learn more about how you can support the Allendale Association or how to become a foster parent, visit allendale4kids.org. THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
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DANCE PARTY DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, NORTH SHORE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RAISED MORE THAN $112,000 FOR LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL THIS YEAR THROUGH DANCE-A-THON. BY MITCH HURST THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
The Lurie Children's Bridges Junior Board has been holding a Dance-A-Thon fundraiser since 2014 to benefit the Lurie Children's Hospital, raising nearly $400,000 since that time. This year, with the COVID-19 pandemic looming, the board had to think out of the box. "We didn't necessarily have a blueprint to follow based on what we do in a typical year. We usually just copy from previous years, but this year was completely different, and we were just thrown a curveball," says Katia Chiampas, one of four Presidents on the Leadership Council for the Bridges Junior Board on the North Shore and a senior at Loyola Academy. "We were definitely able to get creative, coming up with some virtual opportunities." While the board normally puts all of its efforts into an annual Dance-A-Thon, this year it launched a number of virtual events to raise additional funds— including a yoga class and a baking class with Lettuce Entertain You chefs. And despite limitations brought on by the pandemic, the Dance-A-Thon went ahead on December 5, although it looked a bit different. The Dance-A-Thon was held in the Gillson Beach parking lot in Wilmette, with more than 60 carloads of people (184 individuals total) participating. Cars were kept at a safe distance as dancers stepped out to boogie. People could also participate virtually via Zoom. "We definitely needed to make sure we offered a virtual option for people as well, and it ended up working so seamlessly," Chiampas says. Bridges chapters exist throughout the country to put on Dance-A-Thons to raise funds for a national network of children's hospitals. Most chapters are run by individual schools and colleges, but the Bridges board on the North Shore is spearheaded by Chiampas and Annmarie Collins of Loyola Academy and Makayla Meers
Lurie Children's Bridges Presidents Grace Wolfe, Katia Chiampas, Makayla Meers, and Annmarie Collins at this year's Dance-a-Thon. and Grace Wolfe of New Trier Township High School. In total, Chiampas and her colleagues on the Bridges board raised more than $112,000 so far this year, a national record. "This is a record-breaking number for Bridges, the first time they've hit $100,000, and it also made them the largest high school dance marathon in the county," says Maci Hanson, Development Officer for Lurie Children's Hospital of
Chicago Foundation. "Some high school dance marathons partner with a college program, but theirs is a standalone dance marathon they run all on their own, without help." Hanson has been impressed with the work the Bridges Junior Board on the North Shore and its commitment to the hospital. "What motivates me to keep getting up for work every day is these students I get to work with on all these boards; they're so innovative
and so resilient," Hanson says. "They're constantly thinking outside of the box and they're doing it for pure passion." "There's a lot of negative criticism towards people and students our age, but I think if you really dig deep, there are lots of special people who are motivated in special ways," Chiampas says. "A lot of people collaborated to put on the Dance-A-Thon this year and it's something I'll hold dear in my heart and will never forget."
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KEEP SMILING NATURE GIVES US REASON TO TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN. BY MIKE LUBOW ILLUSTRATION BY KIRSTEN ULVE
If you’re going to be in a world turned upside down by the pandemic, it’s good to live on the North Shore. News might be unusual, but you have the usual pleasant streetscapes. And friendly neighbors—enjoyed from a safe distance. In this upside-down world an upside-down bird catches your eye. It scoots up and down the sides of trees ... upside down. Those who know birds will tell you it’s a “nuthatch.” A little gray, white and black resident, but all you know is that it’s curiously upside down. It stares at you and sees
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your frown as a smile. An upside-down bird living an upside-down life. You also notice that its head is disproportionately large. You wonder: did gravity cause this over generations of upside-down-ness? Odd thought. But these are odd times and you’d rather muse about the funny shape of a little bird in your backyard than the unfunny shape of a world in a pandemic. So, you look at the nuthatch’s head. And think about the nutty theory you’ve hatched. This column was adapted by Mike Lubow from his book: Wild Notes: Observations over time about birds and other fleeting things. Available on amazon.com. THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
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Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors and all of our brokers are proud members of the National Association of Realtors, Illinois Realtors and the North Shore-Barrington Association of Realtors. As such, an important part of our mission is to support and protect the rights of property owners both locally and throughout the State of Illinois. The advocacy provided by these vital organizations is of critical importance to each and every property owner. Also, throughout the pandemic, both NAR and IR provided safety guidelines and protocols to our members that have allowed us to provide our essential services in a safe and effective manner for both our clients and all those in our industry. Below are other actions that have been taken to protect your property rights. • Protected access to the National Flood Insurance Program for those living in flood zones. • Protected income tax deductions on mortgage interest. • Stopped a proposed tripling of the state’s real estate transfer tax, which would have increased the costs of buying or selling a home. • Stopped a Chicago rehab fee of $2,500 per unit. • Stopped mandatory fire sprinklers in new and rehabbed homes,
saving homeowners tens of thousands of dollars. • Support state law protecting fundamental rights of Illinois citizens to be free from non-consensual or unwarranted property inspections. • Fighting local rules that require fees from those at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. • Protecting voters’ rights to limit municipal property taxes.
REALTORS® are advocates in all of the communities we serve. From all of us at GGL Realtors, we wish everyone
a joyful and prosperous New Year and as always, appreciate and are grateful for the trust you have placed with us! Scott Lackie
Designated Managing Broker
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Brad W. Andersen
Designated Managing Broker
President North Shore-Barrington Association of Realtors
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LIFESTYLE & ARTS
NORTH SHORE FOODIE
MINCEMEAT TARTS
Among traditional holiday foods, mincemeat is perhaps most ancient. Dating back to the 11th century, mincemeat pie originally packed (along with the meat, fruit, sugar and spice) a lot of religious symbolism. The trio of spices—cinnamon, clove and nutmeg, represented the gifts of the Magi. The crust (or casing) represented a cradle (i.e. manger), and in early renditions, pies were topped with a baby Jesus. As decades rolled by, the practice of preserving meats with sugar and spice prevailed, but the pies eventually shrank in size. And, for two decades in mid-17th century Massachusetts, the Puritan's ban on all things Christmas just about eradicated the pie altogether. RECIPE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONICA KASS ROGERS INGREDIENTS • 1 pound chopped beef steak, boiled for 2 hours until finely shred-able • 1 cup high-quality dark Thompson seedless raisins • 1 cup golden Sultana raisins • 2 cups Granny Smith apple, peeled, seeded and finely chopped • 2 cups fresh pear, peeled, seeded and finely chopped • 1 cup dried apricots, roughly chopped • 1 cup dried plums (prunes) • 1/2 cup candied ginger, roughly chopped • 200 grams shredded beef suet • 2 cups dark brown sugar, packed • 2 Tbsp candied lemon peel • 2 Tbsp candied orange peel • Zest and juice from 1 fresh lemon • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
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• 2 tsp ground cinnamon • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg • 1/2 tsp ground cloves • 1/2 tsp ground allspice • 1/2 tsp ground mace • 1/2 tsp ground ginger • 1/2 tsp ground coriander • 1/2 cup good quality dark rum • 1 cup apple cider
For Tart Crusts: Makes one nine-inch crust; plus two, 4 1/2-inch crusts • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 1/2 cup pure cane sugar • 2 sticks of unsalted butter • Yolks of two large eggs • 3 to 4 Tablespoons of chilled milk or cream
Method Make Mincemeat: Combine the entire list of ingredients in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over low heat. Simmer gently for two hours. Place in jars and either follow canning instructions to make shelf-stable, or, place in the refrigerator and use within one-and-1/2 weeks. Make Tarts: W hen ready to prepare tarts, butter one 9-inch tart pan and two 4-1/2-inch tart pans. Refrigerate. In a large bowl, place 2-1/2 cups flour with 1/2 cup sugar. Using two knives, cut in the two sticks of butter. Using your fingertips, lightly break up remaining butter chunks into the flour until you have a mixture resembling coarse sand, with a few pea-sized bits of butter. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolks. Stir the yolks into the flour/butter/ sugar mixture. Add 3 to 4 Tbsp chilled milk and stir until the mixture gathers together. Spread work surface with two overlapping pieces of plastic wrap. Pour piecrust mixture onto plastic. Pull the four corners of the plas-
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tic wrap up and using your hands, knead the dough through the plastic for a minute until you have a ball of dough. Flatten the dough into a disk. Cut into four pieces: one large piece for the 9-inch tart; three smaller pieces to make the small tarts, and to make piecrust stars to place on top of each tart. Wrap each dough ball in plastic wrap; flatten into disks. Place all in refrigerator for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 400. Roll out the 9-inch tart crust. Ease into buttered tart pan. Repeat with the two 4-1/2-inch tart crusts and pans. Fill each tart with mincemeat filling. Roll out the remaining piece of pie crust; cut into star shapes with a cookie cutter. Place one star on each of the small tarts. Place all of the remaining stars on the large tart. Place all tarts in the oven on the middle rack and bake at 400 for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 and bake for an addition 20 to 25 minutes until crusts are well browned and filling is bubbly. Remove from oven. Cool slightly. Eat warm or room temperature. A dollop of whipped cream is nice on top. THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
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S U N D AY B R E A K FA S T
FROM CULKIN TO COVID HOME ALONE—THE SITUATION, NOT THE MOVIE—ON THE MINDS OF AMERICANS DURING THE PANDEMIC THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. BY BILL MCLEAN ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT
Thirty years before the onset of COVID-19 in the United States, Kevin McCallister screamed, “This house is so full of people, it makes me sick!” Later, after being picked on by siblings Buzz, Megan, Linnie, and Jeff, he wished they’d all disappear. Perhaps you remember Kevin. Actor Macaulay Culkin portrayed the rambunctious and clever and cunning 8-year-old boy in the 1990 Christmas movie Home Alone and screeched that mean-spirited line on a night in which his Winnetka house contained a combined 15 immediate family members and other relatives. The next day he found himself healthy and at home, all alone, and familially distant by considerably more than six feet. The other 14 had unwittingly boarded a flight bound for Paris, France—more than 4,000 miles from the North Shore village—without the youngest child in the McAllister family. Kevin had been forced to sleep in the attic as punishment for having ruined dinner. “I made my family disappear,” a stunned Kevin theorized amid the emptiness of the house located a stone’s throw and a short punt from the Winnetka Community House. “I’m free!” he shouted shortly thereafter. “I’m free!” But Kevin McCallister would also become scared and lonely and sad in his brief run as head of household. He longed for festive interactions with his family while noticing a neighbor’s holiday bash. He welled up in his parents’ bed as he held and eyeballed a framed portrait of his family. “Instead of presents,” Kevin said later to a Santa portrayer, “I just want my family back.” Fast forward to 2020, late December, the 10th month since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Family members of all ages and in all parts of the country are feeling scared or lonely or sad—or all three emotions at once—because of threats associated with the pandemic and measures taken to mitigate its spread. Millions have stuck to their holiday traditions regarding travel and family gatherings, while millions more have accepted the altered plan of staying put and hoping for a postvaccine family reunion in December 2021. Maybe earlier. AAA predicted last week that about 85 million people in the United States will travel between December 23 and January 3, mostly by car. That would mark a drop of nearly one-third from a year ago, but
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85 million is an alarming figure to folks. It’s roughly the population of Germany. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meanwhile, says, “postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from COVID-19.” Christmas 2020, for many: giddy, pajama-clad boys and girls rip wrapping paper off gifts. Grandpas and Grandmas thoroughly enjoy the scenes—via Zoom. Kevin McCallister did an admirable job protecting his family’s house in Home Alone, much to the distress of burglars Harry ( Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern). The heart of the movie, however, was Kevin’s gradual realization
Instead of presents, I just want my family back. —MACAULAY CULKIN’S CHARACTER, KEVIN MCCALLISTER, IN THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS MOVIE HOME ALONE.
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that nothing could replace the preciousness of hours spent with family during the most wonderful time of the year. From December 22 until Christmas morning, the inside of the McCallisters’ massive house at 671 Lincoln Avenue
eventually mirrored a hollow prep school in the middle of winter break to Kevin. “I’m the man of the house!” he declared to nobody early in his time alone at home. The late John Hughes called Northbrook home, beginning in 1963, and attended Glenbrook North High School. Hughes wrote and produced Home Alone and directed many other films, including Sixteen Candles and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, that were shot along the North Shore. A longtime resident of Lake Forest, he died in New York in 2009, at age 59. He was buried at Lake Forest Cemetery. The Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest renovated its theater and renamed it after John and his late wife, Nancy, in 2015. Hughes suggested to Home Alone director Chris Columbus that they cast Culkin as Kevin McCallister after Hughes had directed the young actor in the 1989 movie Uncle Buck, according to a Q&A with Amy Wilkinson in Entertainment Weekly. “I met a lot of kids … and I think one of the final meetings—if not the final meeting was with Macaulay,” Columbus told Wilkinson. “We read a couple of scenes together, and I called John and said, ‘He’s amazing.’ Because he’s a real kid. He doesn’t look like one of these Hollywood-perfect kids. His ear is bent a little bit. He had a great voice that was not annoying, it was charming, and he was really funny.” Culkin carried serious, touching scenes in the movie, too. The McCallister family’s neighbor Old Man Marley (Roberts Blossom), reputed to be “The South Bend Shovel Slayer,” frightened Kevin until the pair shared a pew and conversed during a Christmas choir performance. Marley, estranged from his son at the time, was there to hear his granddaughter sing. Two churches—Trinity United Methodist in Wilmette and a church in Oak Park—were used for the exteriors and the interiors of the scene, respectively. “You should call your son,” a thoughtful Kevin told a distraught Marley after learning arguments between Marley and his son had created tension. Marley then revealed, “I’m not welcome with my son.” Christmas Day arrived. Kevin woke up at home, hopeful that a family member—any family member— would be there to greet him with a house-rattling “Merry Christmas!” The fair-haired boy discovered he was still alone. Disappointment gripped him. But Kevin escaped its clutches when he heard the front door open and recognized the most wonderful sound in the world: his mother’s voice. Kate McCallister (Catherine O’Hara) and Kevin embraced silently for what had to be the warmest hug in Kevin’s life. At night, from a safe spot near a home window inside, Kevin watched Old Man Marley turn into Joyous Man Marley, surrounded by loved ones, along Marley’s shoveled driveway. The elderly neighbor had taken the advice of a grade-school student, and that paved the way to forgiveness and reconciliation with his son. While hugging his granddaughter, Marley caught Kevin observing him from the window, with the John Williams-composed track “Somewhere in My Memory” lilting. Marley and Kevin exchanged smiles and waves. THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Welcome 2021! Thanking you for your friendship and support As we say goodbye to 2020, we are grateful for our clients who have put their trust and faith in us. Thanks to each and every one of you. Best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.
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the holidays might look a little different this year, but one thing that remains the same is our ability to
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