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OPTIMIST CHRISTMAS TREE SALE
N Chautauqua and N Lombard
9am-8pm
The Peninsula Optimists will be at it as always selling Christmas trees for their one and only yearly fundraisers. The group donates all profi ts to grants for child related causes throughout the year.

HOLIDAY BAZAAR
Skincare By Raleen
8015 N John St.
6-10 pm
5th—Skincare By Raleen hosts a holiday bazaar, featuring 14 local vendors selling items such as hand-carved kitchen utensils, jewelry, pottery, hand-crafted bed accessories, T-shirts, soaps, and more. Featuring hors d’oeuvres, apple cider, and demos on winter skincare.

GINGERBREAD HOUSE WORKSHOP
Peninsula Park Community Center
700 N Rosa Parks Way
$30, 10 am-noon
8th—Learn the family art of creating a gingerbread house with sweets. Pre-registration required. Please call Peninsula Park Community Center at (503) 823-3260.

SCRAP HOLIDAY BAZAAR
School and Community Reuse Action Project
3901A N Williams
www.scrapaction.org
(503) 294-0769
11 am-6 pm
8th—SCRAP’s Sixth Annual Holiday Bazaar & Bake Sale offers unique gifts made from local artists using a minimum of 75% recycled and reused materials. Also featuring homemade treats.

KWANZAA MARKETPLACE
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
5340 N Interstate Ave.
www.ifcc-arts.org
(503) 823-4322
Donations-based
Tues-Fri 11 am-6 pm,
Sat noon-4 pm
Thru 31st—An exhibition of “Kujichagulia Celebration and Marketplace,” featuring local African American artists. The show leads up to the IFCC’s traditional celebration of Kwanzaa on Dec 27.

Kids & Family-Friendly Holiday

WINTER WONDERLAND
Portland International Raceway
1940 N Victory Blvd.
www.portlandraceway.com
(503) 823-RACE
Throughout December, Portland International Raceway hosts a traditional holiday light show.

UN CUENTO DE INVIERNO
St. Johns Library
7510 N Charleston Ave.
www.multcolib.org
503-988-5397
11 am-1 pm
8th—Celebrate winter with tales in English and Spanish and create virtual snowflakes, chenille candy canes, and other seasonal crafts. Celebraremos la estación de invierno con cuentos helados en español e inglés. Crearemos copos de nieve virtuales, bastones de dulce hechos con alambra de tela y otras manualidades de la estacion.

QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN MANSION
Queen Anne Victorian Mansion
1441 N McClellan St.
www.queenanne victorianmansion.com
(503) 283-3224
$5, $3 children 10 and under, 6-10 pm
6th-9th, 13th-28th—Throughout December, the historic Queen Anne Victorian Mansion hosts the annual Miracle of a Million Lights. The mansion and landscape shine with 2.5 million lights this holiday season. Hot cider and entertainment provided, as well as the opportunity to get a photo with Old Saint Nick and the Cinnamon Bear.

CHRISTMAS SHIPS PARADE
North Portland Locations
www.christmasships.org
The 53rd Annual Christmas Ships Parade launches in the Columbia and Willamette rivers Dec 1-20. Below is the list of North Portland areas through which the parade passes. For full routes
and sites please visit the website.
7th—On the Columbia, viewable from North Portland Harbor, 7 pm.
9th—On the Willamette and Columbia, viewable from St Johns, 6 pm.
10th—On the Columbia, viewable from I-5 Bridge and Hayden Bay, 7 pm.
14th—On the Columbia, viewable from North Portland Harbor, 7 pm.
17th & 19th—On the Columbia viewable, from I-5 Bridge, Hayden Bay, 7 pm.

SANTA AT OVERLOOK HOUSE
Historic Overlook House
3839 N Melrose Dr.
www.historicover lookhouse.com
(503) 823-3188
11 am-1 pm
8th—Santa comes to the Overlook House.

HOLLY DAZE PUPPET SHOW
Historic Kenton Firehouse
8105 N Brandon St.
www.historickenton.com
(503) 823-4524
$5, age 1 and under free, 10 am
8th—Mudeye Puppet Company presents the last performance of the Holly Daze Puppet Show, an all-ages fable about the holiday season. The show lasts 30 minutes, with a chance to meet the puppets afterwards. For more information, visit www.mudeyepuppets.org or contact Bruce Orr at bruce@mudeyepuppets, (503) 805-0291.

HOLIDAY PARTY WITH STILL PENDING
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave.
www.mississippi pizza.com
(503) 288-3231
All ages, 5 pm
9th—Celebrate the holidays with Portland’s youngest up-and-coming rock ’n’ roll band, Still Pending. The trio — hailing from Lake Oswego — recently became a fi nalist on Cartoon Network and traveled to Hollywood to record music. Still Pending rocks a holiday party at Mississippi Pizza.

FIESTA NAVIDAD
Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center
2060 N Marine Dr.
www.expocenter.org
(503) 736-5200
15th-16th—Contact PMEC for more information.