Whatcom County Holiday Season Kickoff Events, December 2-4, 2011

Festival of Trees Winter Wonderland Walk, Dec. 2-3 Holiday Port Festival & Gingerbread House Contest 2011 :This year’s Holiday Port Festival will be Friday , Saturday, and Sunday, December 2-4, 2011 at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Bellingham. Bellingham Yacht Club Lighted Boat Parade: Saturday, Dec. 3 Lynden Sinterklaas Arrival and Lighted Christmas Parade, [...]

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“Christmastime”

Now that it’s Christmastime Won’t you please forgive the tearful eye? Please forgive the shabby man on the street. Now that we’re almost there, On the verge of another year, Please forgive the tattered shoes on his feet… Hey, don’t you look away, This can’t wait for another day. Hey, don’t you look away, This [...]

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A Victorian Country Christmas, Puyallup, December 3-7, 2008

What: All shopkeepers in Victorian attire – Singing nativity and strolling musicians – Two stages with live entertainment – Visit with Santa – Ride the Christmas Train &/or the Old Cannery Train – Ride the Christmas Carousel – Christmas kitchen with demonstrations – Christmas Market featuring 70 vendors of unique, handcrafted items – – Holiday [...]

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Bellingham Holiday Port Festival & Lighted Boat Parade

What: Live Christmas Music, Gingerbread House Contest, horse drawn wagon rides, children’s art activities, free hot cider and cookies, visits w/Santa (photographer available), Lighted Boat Parade (4:30pm-6:00pm, Saturday). Bring a non-perishable food item for the Bellingham Food Bank and receive a FREE photo keychain from Artiem Photography. Where: Bellingham Cruise Terminal (Alaska Ferry), 355 Harris [...]

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“Magic in the Market,” @ Pike Place, Seattle, Nov. 29, 2008

Even the piggies get dressed up for Christmas at Pike Place Public Market What: Beginning @ 12:00pm, Santa will be by the Market’s vintage truck. Come by and take your own photos of your family with Santa. In the afternoon there will be a Food drive for the Pike Market Senior Center. Contribute 5 cans [...]

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Historic Fairhaven Holiday, Nov. 28-29, 2008, Bellingham

“Christmas in Fairhaven” (Image suitable for desktop wallpaper, 1024 x 768 – click for large version) What: Tour d’Art – Magic Forest on the Village Green – District Lighting – Horse-drawn carriage rides – Street performers – Carolers – Visits from Fairhaven “Ladies of the Evening Society” – VICTORIAN SANTA – Scrooge contest – and [...]

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The Christmas Workshop 2008 is Open!

Over the next couple of months visitors to Simplify Christmas (yes, visits have remained consistently high, even through the spring and summer months of 2008) will notice some fairly dramatic changes in the organization and appearance of the site as I prepare for the official start-up date of November 1st. The first big change is [...]

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REMINDER: Christmas in Bellingham

There’s more going on locally today, tomorrow, and Sunday, than on any other weekend in December, including the Port of Bellingham Holiday Festival (free), the Lighted Boat Parade on Bellingham Bay, and a free concert by the Bellingham Bagpipe Band at Whatcom Museum. For a complete listing of this weekend’s events,  see the Christmas Calendar.

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Ferndale: Olde Fashioned Christmas

When: Nov. 30 & December 1st, 2007, 5-9 p.m.; December 2, 1-4 p.m. Where: Pioneer Park, Ferndale, Washington What: In honor of ” Ferndale’s centennial, “A Century of Christmas Memories” is the theme for the 2007 Olde Fashioned Christmas in Pioneer Park. Olde fashioned crafts and games for children, decorated log cabins, costumed hosts, live [...]

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