For it’s 40th Season the PNC Christmas Price Index (CPI) has compared the cost for one set of each of the gifts given in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” PNC compares the purchases against the costs from the previous year to produce the Index. With inflation still top of mind for everyone’s budget it’s perhaps a…
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Vancouver Foodster x Dine Out Festival Events coming in January
Canada’s largest food and drink festival, Dine Out Vancouver is coming back January 17 to February 4, 2024. While we wait for the restaurant menus and reservations to be announced in January, check out the list of fun, foodie events taking place throughout the festival. During the Dine Out Vancouver Festival, Vancouver Foodster will produce…
A Baker’s Half-Dozen Spots To Find Holiday Baking Treats For The 2023 Festive Season
Christmas Cookies, Fruitcake, Stollen, Puddings, are all flavours of the Holidays, but baking them yourselves can be very time consuming. Your valuable time, and expensive ingredients you might tonly use once a year, is it worth it to do-it-yourselft? Why not leave the baking to someone else? Vancouver has a whole host of bakeries to help…
Picks of the Week – December 6, 2023
This weekend brings even more December Holiday entertainment and activities to our Picks of the Week Lights: Don’t miss out on making your spirits bright with many Christmas and Holiday illuminations taking place around Metro Vancouver Turkey: On now, until December 31st, the hilarious Mom’s The Word Collective return to The Arts Club Granville Island…
6 Holiday-To-Go Dinner Options for 2023
As we flip the calendar to December, is it time to start thinking of what to do for your holiday meal? Start your shopping list to cook your own spread, book a table at one of the many local restaurants serving Christmas dinner, or enjoy the comforts of home with family and friends with a…
15 Lights Of Christmas + Chanukah! Holiday Light Displays for 2023
Brighten up the season’s dark nights with the city’s brightest and most festive displays of Holiday lights open to the public, here’s a list of light displays to enjoy the twinkle of the Holiday Season: (note many are closed Christmas Day) Lights of Hope At St Paul’s Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, in the West End…
Celebrate winter with PNE Winter Fair
The 2023 PNE Winter Fair brings another Festive season filled with activities all around the fairgrounds, December 8-9, 14-23, 2023. Over the last few years, the PNE has become a favourite holiday destination with its evolving Winter events, from drive through Winter Lights to the festive family fun of Winter Fest. This year, you can…