Master Guide to Holiday Fun in Vancouver
As soon as the cold weather arrives, our thoughts naturally turn to the holiday season! We prepare for it for weeks. Here is your master guide to the holidays!
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Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Festival of TreesCelebrate with us at the Cannery!
Enjoy live musical performances on the Cannery stage and walk through a festooned forest of illuminated trees decorated by local merchants and community organizations. Explore the Steveston Festival of Trees and vote for your favourite entries (included with admission)!
Visit the Cannery's all-new “What’s Cooking?” Recipe Exchange wall to share your recipe and story as well as take home some new community recipes to experience with your family. Head over to the Cannery Kids Corner to create your own Fish Tales-themed tree ornament—available daily 10am – 5pm. Note Holiday closures: December 24 & 31 - closes at 2:00pm. December 25, 26 and January 1 - closed. More info: gulfofgeorgiacannery.org
101 Holiday Happenings in Vancouver
KidsOutAndAbout.com compiles a comprehensive list of holiday family activities in our area each year, organized under various categories. These categories include Santa Sightings, Light Displays, Living Nativities, Holiday Theatre, Holiday Concerts, Christmas Tree Experiences, Ice Skating, Hanukkah celebrations, Shopping & Craft Fairs, New Year's Eve events, and more. The list features both traditional holiday experiences like visiting Santa and viewing light displays, as well as unique local offerings. It's our mission to make it easy to plan your holiday schedule out and about; you'll be amazed at the wide variety of activities on the list!
Christmas Tree Farms
Do you cut your own Christmas tree? Here's our big list of farms where you can cut your own Christmas tree in Vancouver.
Subscriptions Boxes: Gifts That Keep on Giving
Send thoughtful choices to the ones you love near and far, and plan some excellent expected surprises for your own family in the months to come. KidsOutAndAbout has put together of some of our favorite choices with a range for all different ages and interests.
Santa Sightings
Where can your kids visit with Santa? At plenty of places around our area! We also show you Breakfasts with Santa (and sometimes, Breakfast with the Grinch!). (Get your tickets early, because those Breakfasts with Santa tend to sell out early.)t.
FREE Holiday Events
You think you can't get anything free anymore? Nonsense! Here are a bunch of free holiday events (listed day by day) coming up in our area.
Chanukah
Hanukkah begins in the evening of December 25, 2024 and ends January 2, 2025.
Lightbulb Day
Lightbulb Day is celebrated on the Winter Solstice, on or about December 21.
Holiday concerts and performances
There are lots of special concerts and shows... and some of them are free!
