The scene is magical.
An interactive musical light tunnel, Santa鈥檚 glowing reindeer and sleigh, dazzling polar bears, presents and a forest of illuminated icicles create a photographer鈥檚 paradise at the inaugural 鈥楪low Christmas鈥� display.
Officially opening to the public on Friday (Nov. 24) at 4 p.m., the massive light show at Milner Village Garden Centre in 91原创 features more than 500,000 lights, along with food trucks, a bar, live music, and a local marketplace with over 40 vendors.
The 103,000 square-foot show took three months to set up and another nine months to plan, said Jonathan Houweling, event manager for Glow. They enlisted a large team 鈥� including students from the Vancouver Film School who made the complex musical light tunnel 鈥� to create 鈥渁 fantastic, unique crafted and curated family Christmas event like you鈥檝e never seen before.鈥�
Traditionally, Houweling鈥檚 family goes to Vancouver or Richmond each year to celebrate Christmas, and they realized there was a gap in family activities offered in the Lower Mainland.
鈥淲hy should we go down all the way over there (to Vancouver) when the Fraser Valley could use something fantastic and magical right here in 91原创?鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd if you combine that demand and that need with the unique facilities that we have here, we thought, 鈥榃hy not?鈥�
鈥淵es, it鈥檚 bigger than anything we鈥檝e ever tried to do, but when you partner yourself with the right team, and the right people, you can do anything. And so we鈥檙e happy to bring this to 91原创.鈥�
Located inside the garden centre鈥檚 Darvonda Nurseries, Houweling said the building is a perfect fit for a large Christmas show as it was constructed for high power lights 鈥� normally to help grow plants. The equipment used for Glow is all energy efficient, and takes up about 10 times less power than the food trucks set up outside.
Tickets for Glow are available online at . When purchasing a ticket, use promotion code 鈥�91原创Hospice鈥� and 20 per cent ($4 per ticket) of your purchase will go to support the 91原创 Hospice Society. Or use code 鈥淟MHF鈥� and $4 donated to the 91原创 Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Glow is located at 6690 216 St.
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