If you’re in Seattle and in need of some holiday cheer, take a walk along Candy Cane Lane. Park Road Northeast, as Candy Cane Lane is called the rest of the year, has been dazzling Seattlites for over 60 years, turning up the Christmas music and festooning every house, street corner and roundabout with twinkling lights, reindeer, snowmen and of course, candy canes. The road, in the Ravenna area, is a small loop which takes you past sweet little brick houses with peaked rooftops, graceful archways and curved gates. You can drive it but be warned; it gets awfully busy. I popped along yesterday with a friend of mine and we decided to park around the corner and walk instead. Here are a few photos I took along the way. 
Signs saying peace in different languages peeped out of every front yard, lending cohesion (and a timely message) to the lights display.
But the star of the show, for me and everyone else who walked Candy Cane Lane yesterday, was a big, fluffy dog sitting on a doorstep next to Santa Claus.
If you’re in the area, Candy Cane Lane is free and runs from 4pm to 11pm through to January 1st. If you can’t make it in person, here’s a little video footage I shot on my walk.
xxx Ailsa
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I love Christmas displays like this. And that dog! I just want to give him a hug.
He was such a cutie 🙂
Thank you for the wonderful walk down candy cane lane. Loved the dog as well.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thanks for coming along with me, Francine!
What a neat place! And such a beautiful dog!
It was an awful lot of fun, Beth. I’m feeling all festive now!
What a cute place!!
Even without the lights, the houses would have been adorable, I loved the quirky rooftops.
So did I and I love the word quirky- I shall adopt it as my word of the day ! 🙂
Christmas is breaking out all over. Such a lovely walk you shared, thank you. The dog! He’s a handsome one, and looks so huggable.
He was definitely huggable, Carol, and was quite happy to be hugged too 🙂
I like it Seattle very much.I live in Port Townsend this moment.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Seattle’s a lot of fun, haven’t been to Port Townsend in ages, I must visit again soon!
Beautiful place to stroll down, Ailsa. What a fabulous Husky dog. Definitely huggable. 🙂 Happy Christmas to you and yours. 🙂
What a lovely display. Obviously a neighborhood that’s got the spirit!
And the cash to foot the electric bill 😉
Thank goodness for LEDs. Can’t imagine any of this with the old style bulbs.
such a colourful fantasyland, thanks for the walk-through ailsa!
So glad you enjoyed it, dadirri7 🙂
Candy Cane Lane. Love it! And a fabulous video. Thanks, Ailsa.
Oh and that dog is gorgeous!
Yaay, so glad you enjoyed it – I’m really getting into the Christmas spirit all of a sudden 😉
Thank you for the walk via the wonderful video. I love that people decorate like this! Incredible 🙂
I love the real dog!!
These little neighborhoods that still embrace the traditions of holiday celebrations are so few and far between anymore. I have never made the trip north to see this display but remember fondly our community displays 40 minutes south of Seattle that for years played such an important part of my own holiday traditions.
You’ve caught the beautiful spirit of Christmas Ailsa. So festive. Thank you for sharing it.
My sister used to live right in that area! Great photos!!
It’s a lovely neighbourhood, although I wouldn’t fancy paying the electric bill for December! 🙂
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Fun post.
Thank you for stopping by … saw candy cane lane .. knew it was my city … That big fluffy dog is a Husky … i think representing UW Huskies
So cool, Nativegrl77, I never made the connection but now you mention it… 🙂