Vancouver Christmas Market 2015
byThe 6th annual Vancouver Christmas Market is on now until Christmas Eve at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza in Downtown Vancouver. This slice of European holiday cheer hosts 50 unique vendors and a variety of themed activities.
Vancouver Christmas Market
Take a spin on Vancouver’s only Christmas Carousel, enjoy some glühwein and schnitzel, and shop for holiday treats, gifts, and decorations. There is also a full schedule of live entertainment.
Being in the open air, with the warm aromas of baked goods and European fare, shopping for gifts and browsing hundreds of unique ornaments are all reasons why I love visiting the market each year.
The Vancouver Christmas Market, located at 650 Hamilton St, will be open daily from 11:00am to 9:00pm, and until 6:00pm on Christmas Eve, December 24th. Admission is $8 for adults (13+), Seniors (60+) receive $1 off admission, youth (7-12) are $4 and children (0-6) are free anytime.
Carousel rides are $3 per ticket; $10 per package of 5 tickets. Purchase your tickets online and receive a receive a free Season Pass plus Express Lane access. You can also turn any Entry Pass into a Season Pass at the gate for an additional $1.00.
Win Tickets
If you would like to check out the market, I have a pair of gate tickets to give away (good for any day of the market). Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post naming your favourite holiday decorations, crafts, or ornaments (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
Follow the Vancouver Christmas Market on Twitter and Facebook for more special event information. I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Monday, December 7, 2015.
Update The winner is Stephanie!
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Handmade ornaments for our Christmas tree which my girls made when they were in preschool!
Homemade pinwheels from elementary school!
My favourite decorations are movie/comic book themed Hallmark tree ornaments… Toy Story, Superman, E.T… bring it on!
A little beat up old Angel ornament I’ve had since I was two, given to me by my Grandma before she passed away.
I love christmas wreaths on the front door!
My collection of old glass ornaments… every year my cat ends one of them.
Christmas lights! All about the lights.
Montreal Canadiens red Xmas tree ornament.
Definitely the Christmas pickle! Possible a made up German tradition but our family loves it!
Alpaca socks are the best!
The nativity scene! Its not Christmas without it
My favorite ornaments are our Christmas stockings.
My favourite holiday ornaments/crafts are the hand-made decorations that I make with my kids!
Lights, lots of lights !
Nothing quite like making a gingerbread house and then eating all the candies that were supposed to be embellishments. 😛
The Christmas lights! Especially when the trees downtown are covered in them.
My favourite holiday ornaments are candy canes. 🙂
Definitely the lights and anything with snowflakes! Christmas tree with lights is one of the most beautiful things in this season! Can’t wait to spend my second Christmas vacation in Vancouver.
My grandmother crocheted some snowflakes. They are my favourite.
An original German Christmas pyramid, of course, and beautiful Christmas lights!
My son loves the Merry-Go-Round
I like decorations with family pictures in them.
My glass bird ornaments are my favourite.
My favourite holiday decorations would have to be stockings hung from the fireplace
My favourite Christmas decoration is the Christmas Tree trimmed with sentimental ornaments from friends & family
planning to take some out-of-town friends, so awesome
My favourite holiday decorations would be christmas lights!
the blown-glass hearts my daughters picked out and gifted to me when they were three.
i still love garland, on the tree, on the walls, on railings on stairs if you have them.
Handpainted Santas on driftwood made by my father-in-law.
I like cute ornaments, like teddy bears, and doggies.
For sure, I like the door wreathes. Trees & lights also good.
Christmas tree ornaments or paper snowflakes.
Hand painted Nutcracker soldier!
the sparkly lights
By far my favourite Christmas tradition is decorating the Christmas tree!!
a flying pig
A star at the top
The warm wine….
blue and white snowflakes
mistletoe 🙂
I love tinsel.
Making Gingerbreads with friends and family
Rudolph!
I love making advent calendars
I love getting one special ornament for the tree every year
Strings of popcorn on the tree!
Hand painted glass Christmas ball ornaments
sugar cookies
starwars ornaments
Christmas Wreath on my front door
Love to have a Christmas wreath for my front door
Anything handmade for sure!
Favourite decoration would have to be the booty shaking snowman “Mr. Groove Thang”
A small Christmas tree that sprouts out white balls of snow!
snow globes 🙂
snowflakes, christmas light& balls, fresh christmas tree. 🙂
twinkling lights in the Christmas Tree 🙂
Love snowflakes ornaments!
I love handmade decorations!
I have a special star tree topper that I got for my second birthday!
My little boy said “Christmas tree!”
favorite ornaments? twinkley lights outside and inside, Love how everything just looks so magical!
My favourite Christmas decorations are the light up villages and my kids Christmas Lego sets that they build to display in the window and of course all the beautiful Christmas lights!
The lights!
lights
My friend and I really want to go!
I love tinsel!
Who doesn’t love a good Christmas market!
Definitely wreaths! love making them!
My favorite decorations are the ones we share with our friends. Sometimes we decorate it with scarves or hats, sometimes teddy bears and also gingerbread men. Everyone gets to select one and take it home with them.
The kissing balls I made for my grown daughters to hang and smooch under with their sweethearts.
I really like nutcrackers, and have a few nice ones that come out for the mantle for Christmas.
best ornaments are the ones made by the children…. they have the pine smell from years of use!
Nutcrackers.
Glittering garlands, tinsel,any whimsical ornaments, and, of course, lights, lights and more lights!
I like my Starbucks bears. I also love looking at Christmas lights.
Little stuffed teddy bear ornaments my Mommy made before she passed away when I was a child. Look forward to pulling them out every year.
String of popcorn, especially if someone else does the labour while I eat popcorn.
My fave ornaments are the ones we made as kids (in elementary school) that get a special nod of acknowledgement every year that we pull them out of the box to put on the tree.
I love our family Christmas pomander – it’s an orange completely covered in cloves and a ribbon tied around it to hang on the tree, it smells like home at Christmas.
Lights! Lights! Lights! Christmas lights are the best!
My favourite holiday decorations, crafts, or ornaments are the homemade beach ornaments that my wife and I crafted.
Intricate wooden ornaments from Germany!
I love wreaths, Christmas lights, and gingerbread.
Christmas lights!
I love garland with pine cones and bits of white snow with white christmas lights throughout 🙂
Gingerbread cookies are all three! Crafts, decorations, ornaments 🙂 🙂
We love to look at Xmas lights!
I’m a big fan of the Christmas pickle! We also love snowmen around my house. Love the German Christmas markets!!
Twinkling white Christmas lights have to be my favorite.
all the hand made crafts ive made with my 3 years old this year especially our felt chritstmas tre
love the gingerbread houses the best!
wreaths
I love the greenery – wreaths, trees and garlands!
Please pick me !
My fave holiday decoration is the christmas ornament my sister made for me
making gingerbread house!
Billy Bass!