What do you do on the shortest day/longest night of the year?
December 21st…. and the city is being suffocated by blankets of snow. Traffic is snarled to a halt – if people dare to go out. Christmas shopping is threatened.
What do you do?
We went to see the James Bond movie, then mellowed by checkout the lantern procession at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens + the candle light labrynth at the Roundhouse Community Centre.
It was part of the 15th ANNUAL WINTER SOLSTICE LANTERN FESTIVAL 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. www.secretlantern.org
Winter Solstice Lantern Festival Main Page – Roundhouse Community …
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Many people entering the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens remarked that they've never seen the Gardens covered with snow. It really added a beautiful vision to this multi-faceted jewel in Vancouver.
Trust me to find an accordion…. Zeedillia performed at the Roundhouse.
The “Trouble Makers” are a female choir, performing at the the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens for Winter Solstice.