{"id":43139,"date":"2019-04-16T10:48:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T15:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=43139"},"modified":"2019-10-03T16:43:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T21:43:57","slug":"wallethub-chicago-best-city-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wallethub-chicago-best-city-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"WalletHub Names Chicago the 2nd Best City in America for Celebrating Easter 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We ain&#8217;t called the Second City for nothing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WalletHub<\/a> named Chicago as the number-two city in America for celebrating Easter Sunday and, let&#8217;s be honest, the only reason New York is number one is because they have a higher population.<\/p>\n<p>Between all of the colored egg hunts, church celebrations, and Sunday brunches, Chicago basically has it all when it comes to celebrating the Easter holiday.<\/p>\n<p>We already put together a list of our <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/easter-sunday\/\">favorite restaurants hosting Easter brunches<\/a>\u2014there are even a few hosting meet-and-greets with the one-and-only Easter Bunny!\u2014but if you&#8217;re not yet convinced that Chicago is one of the best cities in America for celebrating the coming of spring, we have the <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-places-to-celebrate-easter\/19774\/#main-findings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data<\/a> for you right here.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re religious or not, you can&#8217;t deny that there are <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/easter-sunday\/\">so many ways<\/a> to get into the holiday spirit around Chicago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/d2e70e9yced57e.cloudfront.net\/wallethub\/embed\/19774\/geochart-easter.html\" width=\"556\" height=\"347\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 556px; font-size: 12px; color: #888888; text-align: center;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-places-to-celebrate-easter\/19774\/\">WalletHub<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In &#8220;Easter Traditions,&#8221; Chicago was ranked 5th because we provide some of the best ways to celebrate this spring holiday at our many restaurants, bars, and venues.<\/p>\n<p>We were ranked 6th for &#8220;Easter Observers,&#8221; which I&#8217;m pretty sure just means we recognize the holiday more than most other cities.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll never complain about a reason to have a barbecue, jussayin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>We fell to 19th for the &#8220;Kids Easter&#8221; rank, but hey, that&#8217;s still much better than most major cities! 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