Christmas in Vancouver is mostly wet, often mild and very well lit. What the city lacks in snow it makes up for…
Vancouver doesn’t get much snow, but it does get long, dark December evenings, and the region makes the most of them. Between…
There’s no single Santa in Vancouver. He’s on top of Grouse Mountain, in a yurt on Mount Seymour, in a gazebo on…
Looking for Christmas things to do in Vancouver this weekend? Here’s every weekend of the 2026 holiday season in one place, from…
Christmas in Vancouver is full of lights and markets, but for many families in the region it’s also a hard time of…
White Rock’s waterfront is already one of the nicest places in the region for an evening walk. Bright Walk adds more than…
Harrison Hot Springs is a quiet lake village most of the year. From late November it becomes one of the prettiest Christmas…
On a December evening, Granville Island is one of the nicest places in Vancouver to just wander. Lights are strung across the…
Cultus Lake in summer means beaches and waterslides. On one Saturday in November, Main Beach hosts something quieter: Santa in a tent…
Port Moody kicks off Christmas at the end of its pier. Holiday Cheer at the Pier is a free evening at Rocky…
The New Westminster Farmers Market closes out its year with a big weekend in front…
The Surrey Santa Parade of Lights is an evening parade through Cloverdale’s town centre, led…
In Maple Ridge, the holiday season kicks off with a Saturday evening in early December:…
The Chilliwack Christmas Parade is an annual evening parade in the Fraser Valley, about 100…
Most Christmas shopping happens in malls. Glenda’s Christmas Cottage is a different kind of trip:…
There is an easy kind of Christmas outing that asks nothing of you except a…
Robson Square is one of the few places in downtown Vancouver where you can skate…
Zoo Lights turns the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove into a lantern festival after dark.…
Downtown Vancouver in early December has a particular kind of evening: dark by late afternoon,…
Every December, hundreds of people turn up in Stanley Park in elf toques, with custom…