One of Edmonton’s Christmas traditions is the world famous “Candy Cane Lane”, a residential street where the neighbors have gone nuts decorating their homes with lights galore for something like 40 years now. Christmas wasn’t complete without bundling everyone up and heading out to be dazzled by the light show.
We’ve lived in Vancouver now for six Christmases, and finally we have discovered Vancouver’s version of Candy Cane Lane. It’s Trinity Street, one block north of McGill near the Iron Worker’s Memorial Bridge, for about six blocks between Nanaimo and Wall. We loaded up the mini-van last night and went and checked it out. Many of the homes are lit, and some of them are quite spectacular. Some even have fake snow! Of course real snow is what’s really needed to make everything look right. I’m still not used to a snow-less Christmas. But even Edmonton is thinking it is California with the snow-less heat wave they’ve been having this December.
Anyway, Trinity Lane has got to be Vancouver’s best kept Christmas secret. Even the local yocals don’t seem to know about. But now that the word is out, if you’re tired of Carol Ships, St. Paul’s Hospital, or the tree display at the Four Seasons, check out Trinity Street ‘til Jan. 3.
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