Seattle Center Winterfest
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, a late-19th-century-style model railway […]
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, a late-19th-century-style model railway […]
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 a.m. there are craft […]
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 Jan. 3, a nice […]
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 Friday afternoon, a few […]
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 rides a parade of […]
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 show rather than an […]
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 draw: school, church and […]
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 carload, so pile in […]
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 lights come on. This […]
Every night at 7 p.m. from the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve, Bellevue Way between NE 4th and NE 8th turns into a short holiday parade: toy drummers, dancers, […]
The Northwest Railway Museum has run Santa trains through the Snoqualmie Valley every year since 1969. Families pick between two rides. The 40-minute Yuletide Express leaves the Snoqualmie Depot, climbs […]
A Saturday market on NE Hancock between 44th and 45th in Northeast Portland's Hollywood district. It keeps its weekly schedule right up to December 19, which makes it one of […]