Yes, I realize that the holiday season has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t still enjoy a little bit of festive cheer. Following my New Year’s Eve dinner at Pear Tree Restaurant, we made our way over to the Bright Nights in Stanley Park. Yes, we went to look at Christmas lights after Christmas.
The displays were put up and open to the public on December 2 and ran until January 2. This was the fourteenth year that Stanley Park decorate a portion in celebration of the holidays, though this was the first time that I went. And I’m glad I did, just as I was glad to visit the German Christmas Market the year before.
With Bright Nights in Stanley Park, you get a variety of displays, mostly with a lot of holiday lighting. There was a Canadian flag made of red and white lights, for instance, as well as a miniature Ferris wheel, moving nutcrackers, and animatronic Santas. I was also happy to see that my old high school had a display with a number of toys for charity.
Bright Nights in Stanley Park
Here is a short video with some highlights. Naturally, seeing the lights in person is a little more magical.
Christmas Train Ride
The Stanley Park Miniature Train runs throughout the year, but they offer themed rides on special occasions. There was the ghost train for Halloween and there is a Bright Nights Christmas Train for the winter holidays.
How did you celebrate your holidays? What are the great local events and festivities in your area?
The videos are very nice, it looks like a lot of fun.
With the kids not really being old enough to stay up to see in the New Year and myself turning 52 in December, I decided to go to bed and watch the Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy for New Years Eve.
With all the kid related stuff I have to do for the holidays, and the Ballet functions Camille has, it’s enough to just catch a few winks of sleep.
Old Chinese saying: Sleep when tired, eat when hungry. I am subscribing to that from now on…. 🙂
Gotta be careful with that “eat when hungry” business. 😉 Don’t confuse “want to eat something” with “hunger.”
True….I’ve also learned that a lot of times hunger is actually thirst and drinking water rids you of hunger symptoms.
Love Bright Nights in Stanley Park! Better than any light display I’ve ever seen before (Canyon Lights, Van Dusen…)! This was my 2nd year going; I’ll probably go back again next year 🙂
Good work on the christmas train video!!