Hinsdale, 11/30/12--Shafer Nelson, Hinsdale, and Derek Major, Willowbrook, play their alto saxophones as members of Holiday Winds, a group from Hinsdale Central High School. The annual downtown "Christmas Walk" was held Friday evening with Santa arriving on a firetruck. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

The annual downtown Christmas Walk was held Friday with Santa arriving on a firetruck. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Santa waves from a cart as he rides up the hill to help light the Christmas tree on the south lawn of Village Hall. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Hinsdale, 11/30/12--Hinsdale Central High School's Holiday Winds group plays Christmas carols at Burlington Park. The annual downtown "Christmas Walk" was held Friday evening with Santa arriving on a firetruck. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Hinsdale, 11/30/12--Steve Roessler, La Grange Park, and his son Teddy, 1 1/2, watch all the sights of the season at Burlington Park. The annual downtown "Christmas Walk" was held Friday evening with Santa arriving on a firetruck. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Hinsdale, 11/30/12--Children and parents line up to see Santa in his house at Burlington Park. The annual downtown "Christmas Walk" was held Friday evening with Santa arriving on a firetruck. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Is a Gingerbread Man made of ice an oxymoron? Dan Rebholz of Wheaton doesn't think so as he carves on Washington Street during Hinsdale's Christmas Walk Friday night. | Kimberly Fornek–Sun-Times Media

Relatively mild temperatures Friday night did not deter ice carver Dan Rebholz of Wheaton as he demonstrated his craft on Washington Street for Hinsdale's Christmas Walk and Storybook Village. | Kimberly Fornek–Sun-Times Media

Ice sculptor Dan Rebholz of Wheaton was asked to carve a gingerbread man because Cookie the Gingerbread Man is the star of the Storybook Village in downtown Hinsdale during December. | Kimberly Fornek–Sun-Times Media

William Berger, 6, holds a block of ice the ice carver discarded, while Michael Agne and his brother Henry Berger continue to watch the sculptor's progress on Washington Street in downtown Hinsdale Friday night. | Kimberly Fornek –Sun-Times Media

People enjoying Hinsdale's Christmas Walk and Storybook Village Friday evening sought out the storybooks on display in the store windows, with stories about Cookie the Gingerbread Man, written and illustrated by Hinsdale Middle School students.

Sarah Krueger and her son Lawson pose with Darth Vader and storm troopers from Star Wars during Hinsdale's Christmas Walk Nov. 30.