Photos: Paczki Day at the Donut Den in Joliet

A customer leaves with a box of paczkis on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at the Donut Den in Joliet, Ill. Paczki Day, celebrated on Fat Tuesday, is one of the busiest days of the year for many local donut shops, with many selling thousands of the polish pastries, however heavy snowfall and depressed turnout from the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened this years sales. (Geoff Stellfox - gstellfox@shawmedia.com/Geoff Stellfox - gstellfox@shawmedia.com)