Activities

DEC. 1-26: Jubitz Winter Wonderland Portland International Raceway, 1940 N Victory Blvd., 232-3000, globaleventsgrouppdx.com. 5-9 pm Sundays-Thursdays, 5-11 pm Fridays-Saturdays. Bike night Dec. 6. $6-$16. Cash only.

DEC. 1-30: Christmas Festival of Lights The Grotto, 8840 NE Skidmore St., 261-2400, thegrotto.org. 5-9:30 pm nightly. Closed Christmas Day. $8, $4 children ages 3-12.

DEC. 1-JAN. 2: ZooLights Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Road, 226-1561. 5-8 pm Sundays-Thursdays, 5-8:30 pm and Fridays-Saturdays. Closed Dec. 24-25. $7.50-$10.75.

DEC. 1-JAN. 2: A Northwest Christmas: The Natural Beauty and Bounty of Oregon Pittock Mansion, 3229 NW Pittock Drive, 823-3623. 11 am-4 pm daily. $6-$9.

DEC. 3-29: Christmas Fantasy Trail 19754 South Ridge Road, Oregon City, 631-2047, fantasytrail.com. 6-9 pm Mondays-Saturdays. $4, $3.50 children under 12.

DEC. 4: NoPDXAnticon The only one of the city's many Santa-themed rampages to pick a date by press time, this one meets at the Paul Bunyan statue, North Denver Avenue and Argyle Street, nopdxanticon.wordpress.com. 12:30 pm Saturday, Dec. 4. Santa costumes required. 21+, obviously. See santacon.info for other Santacon dates.

DEC. 7-8: Chanukah Menorah Lighting Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave., bemerrydowntown.org. All day Tuesday-Wednesday. Free.

DEC. 9-21: Christmas Ship Parade Willamette and Columbia rivers, various locations. See christmasships.org for schedule. Free.

DEC. 11: Christmas at Fort Vancouver Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 612 E Reserve St., Vancouver, 360-816-6320, nps.gov/fova. 10 am-3 pm Saturday. $3, $5 per family.

DEC. 15-31: Peacock Lane Between Southeast Stark and Belmont Streets, one block east of Southeast 39th Avenue. 6-11 pm nightly, 6 pm-midnight Dec. 24 and 31. Free.

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