Downtown Montreal is bustling with Christmas right now. This past Friday, I went out with friends to Le Grand Marché de Noël (tranlsation: The Big Christmas Market) located in Place des Arts and also connected with Complexe Desjardins. It had a lot of fun stuff. There were stalls with gift ideas from local Quebec producers and artisans. There was food trucks and lots of decorations. And if you haven’t heard yet, we got a huge Christmas tree (which everyone calls the ugliest Christmas tree ever). After that, we headed out to Quartier des Spectacles right next to Place des Arts for the annual Luminotherapie.
Christmas Village at Complexe Desjardins
Fontaine Boreale at Complexe Desjardins
Le Grand Marché de Noël at Place des Arts
Hey, look, snuck a picture of me in there. I know this is for kids but hey, kid at heart right here! This was just so adorable. I couldn’t resist!
Jerry Ferrer (Food Truck)
Christmas Poutine (with cranberry and truffle sauce)
Lobster Bisque
Grilled Cheese
Jerry Ferrer food truck is an extension of a chain of really awesome restaurants. The food truck was awesome because it had their usual great food but with a Christmas twist. While I didn’t eat it, my friends said that it was pretty good.
Luminotherapie at Quartier des Spectacles
I skipped last year’s luminotherapie and can’t really remember what it was but I usually go. You can see that I went to the Iceberg exhibit a few years back, then the field of dandelions imitations, and there was a few more after that. This year was these little contraptions where you move the metal lever in the centre between two people and it moves a wheel inside that depicts a story. We managed to get on two: the first was Little Red Riding Hood and the other one was the Frog Prince.
What Christmas events is going on where you are? Are you ready for Christmas?
Tranquil Dreams 
I’m ready for Christmas, but it is coming way too fast. Hard to believe it is almost upon us. Great pics. Looks like fun.
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Agree! This year flashed by!
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Looks like a grand time. The city looks beautiful all lit up for the holiday. I visited Montreal once when I was a wee lad with my parents, I’d like to visit again one day.
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This was a ton of fun. There’s so much more to look at that I haven’t gotten around to yet. We just started having actual snow on the ground so its practically the first December in the recent few years that it feels like winter/holidays/Christmas is just around the corner! 🙂
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