Details: The Victorian Village and train set at Seattle Center’s Winterfest.
The festival enters its final days. Check out the full schedule to take in some of the remaining events. Through December 31st at the Center House at the Seattle Center.
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Fans of David Sedaris’ irreverent sense of humor will find The Santaland Diaries a hilarious escape from the warm fuzziness of the holiday season.
The one-man play tells the story of a man’s experience working as an elf at the New York’s Macy’s Santaland, and the crazy behavior of people under the spell of the Christmas Spirit. If you’ve read any Sedaris books, you have to know that this story is going to be full of unpredictable twists and turns.
The Santaland Diaries was originally aired on NPR with Sedaris reading this essay. From that first broadcast, Sedaris parlayed his …read more
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One of the brightest spots during the holiday season is the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium and the annual Zoolights exhibit.
Zoolights is a huge holiday light display, with more than half a million lights. You’ll ooooh and aaaaah at over 70 displays with over 27 miles of lights arranged in traditional holiday displays, along with zoo and aquarium themed displays and local ones.
Wear warm clothes, as the nights are getting colder and I know you’ll want to spend some talking walking among the light displays.
Location: Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, 5400 North Pearl Street in Tacoma (map it)
Dates & …read more
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Details: The Fairmont Olympic Hotel (411 University Street, downtown) is one of my favorite places during the holiday season. They have lots of holiday events for all ages, and the hotel is beautifully decorated.
It’s also a great place to introduce a child to a little dress up holiday fun. Even though this is a very formal hotel, they are quite welcoming to kids, with lots of options for them to enjoy.
Last weekend, after a busy day in the city, I stopped off for a little holiday cheer in the hotel lobby. Among the beautifully decorated trees, gingerbread displays, and …read more
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One of the many beautiful light displays this time of year is the Parade of Christmas Ships.
The Christmas Ship is Argosy Cruise Line’s Spirit of Seattle, and it leads off the parade. Onboard will be music and entertainment, including scheduled shore-side caroling. Santa will be there checking to see who’s been naughty and who’s been nice, and helping to keep the festivities merry. There are lots of activities for children (activity corner, sing-a-longs, etc.), you can order a box lunch to eat onboard, and for adults, a cash bar is available.
Don’t worry if the weather is a little chilly; …read more
Details: Center House is all decked out in its holiday finest for the annual WinterFest celebration.
Offering up family events, entertainment, and tons of activities, it was full of life this weekend.
One of my favorite displays was this bigger than life-sized snow globe.
There were a couple of trees and some additional decorations inside, and when the air machine got to work, the snow swirled around. It was just like I’d tipped the globe upside down!
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A little snow won’t get in the way of your holiday shopping, when it’s coming down inside at Pacific Place.
Every night during the holiday season, a flurry of snowflakes will come down at 6 pm. The shopping center also has a full schedule of holiday music sure to brighten up even the greyest of Seattle days.
Snow globe fans will want to pick up the 2008 collectible snow globe (in photo at right). This year it plays “Deck the Halls” and, as always, features notable Seattle area landmarks.
You can purchase it at the Pacific Place concierge desk (level …read more
When it comes to Holiday decorating, the elves at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel are some of the most creative around town. With events like the Festival of Trees, the Teddy Bear Suite, and the gingerbread display, it you aren’t in the holiday spirit – well, you may just be related to Scrooge!
It seems like each year the displays are bigger and better, so here’s a peek at what you can expect this year:
Teddy Bear Suite – November 26th – December 26th, 10 am – 7 pm. A popular holiday stop off for thousands of visitors every holiday season, the …read more
The Seattle Symphony always offers up festive holiday performances that music lovers won’t want to miss.
Two special performances that are definitely worth the price of a ticket are:
Holiday Pops! features conductor Marvin Hamlisch, the Symphony Orchestra, and the Seattle Choral Company for an performance of holiday favorites. With appearances by talented Seattle-area performers, these classics are sure to have you humming along.
Holiday Pops! performances are Thursday, December 4th through Sunday December 7th, with both matinees and evening performances available. Find more information about Holiday Pops! and purchase tickets online.
The other classic holiday performance is Handel’s Messiah, a Seattle …read more
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The hottest theater ticket it town right now is for the 25th annual staging of The Nutcracker by the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Whether you’ve seen it every year, or this is your first, the story of a little girl’s magical dream world is sure to charm you. The story centers around the classical theme of good triumphing over evil. As the lines of reality and fantasy get blurred we are introduced to beautifully costumes characters dancing about on an incredibly designed stage, all set to Tchaikovsky’s evocative score.
This wonderful performance is made up of a ballet corps that features local …read more
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