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POMP & PAGEANTRY: The red carpet was rolled out for one of most anticipated events of the year in the Chinese community.

Courier photographer Dan Toulgoet used a long exposure and the zoom burst to create this trippy effect of one of the most festive homes along Trinity Street, famous for its annual Christmas light festival.

Party for Violet When legendary Vancouver actress Babz Chula was waging her spirited battle against cancer, her friends in the local theatre and film community rallied behind her and formed the Babz Chula Lifeline for Artists Society. On Dec.

Vancouverites are spending the holiday season brightening up homes and neighbourhoods with Christmas lights, dressing up pets in seasonal gear, trimming trees, eating latkes and other tasty treats, lighting menorahs, sharing their good fortune with o

It is a rare imaginary world that isn’t home to imaginary creatures. So it was fitting there was no shortage of creations designed for animals at the holiday edition of the Blim Market this past Saturday afternoon at the Chinese Cultural Centre.

Downtown The votes are in and the winners have been named in the 27th Annual Festival of Trees at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver and upper level of Pacific Centre Mall, an event that benefits B.C. Children’s Hospital.

GROWING HUNGER: The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society provides assistance to more than 28‚000 people every week, with children representing 26 per cent of the population in need.

The best part of donating to the Courier’s annual Christmas Drive for Directions Youth Services is “being nice to teenagers.

CRYSTAL CLEAR : At B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation’s 27th Crystal Ball, chaired by Arya Eshghi, more than 400 guests helped raised an impressive $2 million to support the construction of a new children’s hospital.

If you’d told Dave Boehm a few years ago that he would one day be volunteering as a greeter for the Union Gospel Mission’s 73rd annual Christmas Dinner last Saturday, he would’ve laughed in your face.