• 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, a late-19th-century-style model railway […]

    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 a.m. there are craft […]

    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 Jan. 3, a nice […]

    $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 Friday afternoon, a few […]

    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 rides a parade of […]

    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 show rather than an […]

  • 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 draw: school, church and […]

    $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 carload, so pile in […]

    $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 lights come on. This […]

  • Snowflake Lane at The Bellevue Collection

    Bellevue Way between Bellevue Square and Lincoln Square Bellevue Way NE from NE 4th St to NE 8th St, Bellevue, WA, United States

    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, […]

    Free
  • Santa Trains at the Northwest Railway Museum

    Snoqualmie Depot and North Bend Depot 38625 SE King St, Snoqualmie, WA, United States

    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 […]

  • Hollywood Farmers Market

    NE Hancock St between 44th & 45th Aves 4420 NE Hancock St, Portland, OR, United States

    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 […]

    Free