• Argosy Cruises Christmas Ship Festival

    Pier 55, Seattle Waterfront (plus Lake Union, Kirkland, Lake Washington, Edmonds, Everett and Des Moines departures) 1101 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA, United States

    Since 1949, a decorated Christmas Ship has sailed around Puget Sound and Lake Washington with a live choir on board, stopping off waterfront parks for 20-minute…

  • Holiday Weekends at Portland Japanese Garden

    Portland Japanese Garden 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, United States

    For three weekends starting the day after Thanksgiving, the Japanese Garden in Washington Park dresses for the season with traditional winter decorations. Visitors can shop Japanese…

    $22.50
  • Seattle Center Winterfest

    Seattle Center (Armory Food & Event Hall and campus) 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA, United States

    Seattle Center's five-week holiday program is mostly free and easy to drop into. The heart of it is the Winter Train & Village in the Armory,…

    Free
  • Tree Lighting Celebration at Westlake Park

    Westlake Park 401 Pine St, Seattle, WA, United States

    Downtown's holiday season officially starts the day after Thanksgiving, back in a renovated Westlake Park after last year's move to Westlake Center during construction. From 11…

    Free
  • Westlake Park Holiday Carousel

    Westlake Park 401 Pine St, Seattle, WA, United States

    After a six-year break, the downtown holiday carousel is back in Westlake Park, presented by Nordstrom. It turns daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. through…

    $4
  • Vancouver Holiday Market

    Hilton Vancouver Washington 301 W 6th St, Vancouver, WA, United States

    The Vancouver Farmers Market moves indoors for Thanksgiving weekend, bringing 126 local makers, growers and small businesses under one roof at the Hilton downtown. It opens…

    Free
  • Vancouver Rotary Community Tree Lighting

    Esther Short Park and Vancouver Waterfront 605 Esther St, Vancouver, WA, United States

    Santa arrives in Vancouver by river: he sails down the Columbia with an escort from the Christmas Ships, steps ashore at the waterfront's Terminal 1, then…

    Free
  • Zoolights at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

    Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium 5400 N Pearl St, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Tacoma's long-running holiday light show takes over Point Defiance Zoo after dark, with light displays strung along the zoo's paths above Commencement Bay. It's a walking…

  • Christmas Festival of Lights at The Grotto

    The Grotto (National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother) 8840 NE Skidmore St, Portland, OR, United States

    The Grotto's wooded sanctuary in Northeast Portland turns into a quarter-mile walk of lights each evening from November 27 to December 30. The music is the…

    $8.95 – $19.95
  • Winter Wonderland at Portland International Raceway

    Portland International Raceway 1940 N Victory Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

    A drive-through light show on the racetrack at Portland International Raceway, and the single largest fundraiser for the Sunshine Division's hunger-relief work. Tickets are priced per…

    $38 – $55
  • Tree Lighting Ceremony at Pioneer Courthouse Square

    Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

    Downtown's holiday season officially starts the night after Thanksgiving, when Santa flips the switch on the city tree in Pioneer Courthouse Square and nearly 10,000 colored…