Below are our featured stories, along with a digital version of our print Holiday Guide.
- Four Decades of the Festival of TreesYou can decorate your home without effort and donate to a good cause by bidding on a tree at the annual Festival of Trees. The Hospice of Redmond has hosted the fundraiser for 42 years. It’s been chosen by Source readers as the Best Nonprofit Event in 2024 and 2025. More than 30 elaborately decorated… Read more: Four Decades of the Festival of Trees
- A Winter Wonderland Returns with WinterFest in FebruaryWinterFest returns to the Old Mill District Feb. 13-15 with music, art, family friendly activities, fire and ice! Music headliners include Brandi Cyrus on Friday evening and Tiffany on Saturday. Cyrus, Miley Cyrus’s sister, performs a mash-up of country, pop and electronic beats that’ll get the crowd dancing. Opening for Cyrus is Saxsquatch, a 7-foot-tall… Read more: A Winter Wonderland Returns with WinterFest in February
- A Dino-Mite Christmas ExperienceJurassic Quest returns to the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center for a special holiday edition. Billed as North America’s largest and most realistic dinosaur experience, families can walk among more than 80 life-size, animatronic dinos. There are also interactive exhibits, fossil digs with T-Rex Teeth and a triceratops horn, dino rides, bounce houses, live… Read more: A Dino-Mite Christmas Experience
- Spreading Holiday CheerOne of the best things about the holidays are traditions and Christmas carols are a tradition dating back to the medieval times of the 14th century. It’s believed the first carols were sung by Franciscan friars who stood in a circle, linking hands, singing together. Christmas carols have somehow survived through the centuries. According to… Read more: Spreading Holiday Cheer
This article appears in the Source December 4, 2025.
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