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Telus World of Science celebrates NYE 2010
Vancouver is packed with New Year’s Eve parties, from the raucous and raunchy to the high-gloss, red-carpet galas. All at least 19+, all happening December 31, 2009, and all likely to sell out (so get your tickets now!), these bashes are the way to ring in 2010 in style.
Inside Vancouver's William Tell Restaurant
If you don’t celebrate Christmas, are away from your family, or are in Vancouver for travel or business, don’t worry: Lots of fabulous Vancouver restaurants stay open on December 25, even if most stores around them are closed.
If you have a restaurant you love, just call to ask if they’re open on Christmas Day. Many of the larger restaurants in downtown Vancouver are.
If you’re not sure where to eat, here are a few suggestions for a range of budgets:
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Where to Dine Out in Vancouver on Christmas Day
Vancouver Biennale sculptures, photographed in winter by Dan Fairchild.
If you don’t celebrate Christmas or are visiting from out of town, don’t worry: not everything in Vancouver is closed on December 25.
5 Things to Do on Christmas Day in Vancouver
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5 Things to Do on Christmas Day in Vancouver
The Vancouver Morris Men greet the Winter Solstice processions on Granville Island.
Every year, around December 21, is the Winter Solstice, the day the earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun, making it—for those of us in the north—the shortest day of the year.
Even before there was a Christmas, people around the world celebrated the Winter Solstice, making it one of the oldest winter holiday traditions.
On December 21, 2009, you can continue that tradition at the annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival, organized by the Secret Lantern Society. Through brilliant uses of fire and light, the Lantern Festival celebrates not the solstice itself, but the return of light after the longest night of the year.
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Celebrating the Winter Solstice Lantern Festival December 21, 2009
Julie just wrote a great post on the grown-up romance of the VanDusen Botanical Garden’s Festival of Lights, but what about a holiday light show that’s all about the kids?
Stanley Park’s Miniature Train and Children’s Farmyard have that covered with their annual tradition, Stanley Park’s Bright Nights.
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