THE SPARKLE (Tree Lightings, Walkable and Drive-thru Displays)

🎄 St. Johns Tree Lighting (and Holiday Market) Friday Nov 20 4pm

🎄 Courthouse Square downtown Portland Friday Nov 27 5:30-6:45pm

🎄 Esther Short Park Friday Nov 27 3-7pm. Tree lighting at 6:30pm

🎄 Village Holiday Parade and Celebration Friday Nov 27

🎄The Beaverton Winter Lights and tree lighting Saturday Dec 4 4-8pm

🎄 Event Center Friday Dec 4 5:30-8:30pm. Tree lighting at 6:15pm

🎄 Holiday Festival parade and tree lighting Sunday Dec 5 4pm

🎄 Camas Friday Dec 4 5-8pm. Tree lighting at 5pm

🎄 Park Hometown Celebration in Ridgefield Saturday Dec 5 4:30pm

The Silverton Christmas Market is all the things! Ice skating, snowless tubing, train rides, shopping, Santa and 2 million twinkling lights! A new family tradition perhaps? Listen to Stacey & Mike and play Know It Or Blow It at 8:30am to win tickets!

Grab a cup of cocoa and enjoy The Grotto's Festival of Lights featuring carolers, a puppet show, and snacks for purchase.

Brew Lights at the Oregon Zoo is a 21+over event November 13 & 14 featuring live music, local breweries, food carts and festive animals frolicking about. (We can't confirm the animals are festive, but we like to believe they are) ZOO Lights open the following weekend, Nov 20 for the season.

The Christmas Ships 80 lit vessels set sail on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. See Santa arrive on the Vancouver Waterfront for the tree lighting on Black Friday.

Peacock Lane, for the uninitiated, is a four-block residential street in Southeast Portland, Oregon (roughly along SE Peacock Lane between SE Stark and SE Belmont Streets). It is famous for its historic 1920s Tudor Revival and English Cottage-style homes and its decades-long holiday tradition where each homeowner creates their own elaborate holiday light displays from nativity scenes to pop-culture displays. There's a hot cocoa stand if you're on foot for pedestrian only nights Dec 15 & 16. After the opening weekend it's open to cars through Dec 31.

The Pittock Mansion's 2026 Home for the Holidays – Holidays from Around the World annual celebration is open November 16-Jan 10. Eighteen rooms throughout the mansion and Gate Lodge will be transformed into festive displays inspired by holiday traditions from Europe, the Middle East, China, India, South America, Mexico, and beyond!

Winter Wonderland at PIR is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Sunshine Division. Open nightly through New Years Eve starting November 27.

THE MUSIC (Because the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!)

Portugal. The Man takes the stage at the Schnitz for the first time with the Oregon Symphony, delivering amped-up orchestral rock Nov 11 & 12.

Grab your tickets to Portland's Singing Christmas Tree Sponsored by K103, Portland's Christmas Station, at Sunset Church November 28-December 6.

The Oregon Ballet Theater's NUTCRACKER runs from Dec 5-Christmas Eve at The Keller.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra returns to Portland for two shows Saturday, November 28 at Moda Center. Showtimes are 3:30 PM and 8:00 PM. It is TSO's 30th anniversary, and the band is bringing over-the-top lasers, pyrotechnics, and special effects for reimagined staging of The Ghosts of Christmas Eve, followed by a high-energy second set.

The Oregon Symphony's annual holiday performances, including its popular "Magic of Christmas" concert series, Holiday Pops and so much more!

THE GIVING

THE K103 UNDER THE TREE TOY DRIVE presented by Terra Firma, needs your help!

We are are on a mission to gather as many toys as possible to lift the spirits of kids at Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel.

You can help by dropping off a new unwrapped toy at participating Jamba locations in Portland, Salem & SW Washington. As an added bonus, when you make your donation, Jamba will give you 10% off your order! You can also deliver your donation to Stacey & Mike at the selected Jamba locations through December 13.

THE SHOPPING

Crafts and Cocktails returns to Portland’s Crystal Ballroom Friday Nov 6 bringing together local artists, handmade gifts, music and cocktails for a holiday market. It features more than 75 local artists, makers and small businesses offering a variety of handmade goods.

Portland Holiday Market gets the Christmas shopping season going November 6-8 at the Portland Expo Center. Shop for holiday decor, clothes, toys and delectable treats!

The Silverton Christmas Market is all the things! Ice skating, snowless tubing, train rides, shopping, Santa and 2 million twinkling lights! A new family tradition perhaps? Listen to Stacey & Mike and play Know It Or Blow It at 8:30am to win tickets!

Looking for something you won't find anywhere else? Check out Every Husband's Nightmare Bizarre & Vintage Marketplace in Hillsboro.

STOCKING STUFFERS (all the other stuff!)

Our elves found Santa's phone number! Gather the kids and call 605-313-4000 to hear the big guy and also leave a voicemail with their wishes! You can also listen to Santa's North Pole Radio on iHeartradio

The Portland Cheese and Meat Festival returns on November 14 at Montgomery Park for an afternoon dedicated to artisan food and drink. Guests can sample more than 150 cheeses, charcuterie, bread, jam, and beverage pairings while meeting local and international vendors. Tickets include a souvenir wine glass and charcuterie board to take home.

Comedian Brett Goldstein (of Ted Lasso and Shrinking awesomeness) will be at the Keller November 14.

Keepin Portland weird and wonderful is the Pee-Wee Pub Crawl of Portland bars on Saturday November 9 from 3-9pm through the Clinton/Division Street neighborhood.

Veganizer is celebrating World Vegan Month in Portland with 35 participating restaurants, bakeries, food carts, and pop-ups offering up vegan specials. Collect stamps to complete a card for a chance to win some gift cards!

Starbucks holiday menu is out with new offerings including Tiramisu Velvet Latte, Apple Pomegranate Refresher & Braised Short Rib Grilled Cheese. Returning favs include the Peppermint Mocha, Cranberry Bliss Bar and Snowman Cookie. And for the Red Cup Day faithfuls, put a reminder in your phone for November 17th so you can add this year’s red holiday reusable cup to your collection with the purchase of a holiday drink.

What is Tonya Harding doing? Welp she's inviting you to Tonya Harding and Friends On Ice at Mountain View Ice Arena, December 12th at 2pm.

Ice Skating returns to Orenco Station November 27. The Winter Village has covered outdoor ice skating at Jerry Willey Plaza through January 10, 2027.

ALL THINGS MERRY & BRIGHT IN THE TUALATIN VALLEY

Thanksgiving Wine Weekend features open houses at select Tualatin Valley’s wineries for a weekend of special tastings, new wine releases, special pairings and more. All wineries are closed Thanksgiving Day.

Christmas in Helvetia is a vibe. Grab a scone and coffee and find the perfect Christmas tree. Or plan a holiday wine tasting.

Christmas tree lightings are holiday parades are the stuff of Hallmark Movies. Create some new memories this year!

Grab the kids, the cocoa and head up the hill at Sleighbells in Sherwood to find the perfect Christmas Tree (tag it now and come back later) Don't forget to try their fudge while you browse their amazing gift shop.

Pick up a holiday pie and shop the Holiday Market at the South Store Cafe.

The Bird Alliance of Oregon's Wild Arts Festival features beautiful artwork, nature-inspired books, an array of silent auction items.

DOWNTOWN FESTIVITIES AT THE SQUARE

The TREE arrives November 10! Portland’s 75ft tall Douglas-fir Tree is welcomed by the big man in red, bring the kids there will be cocoa and merriment!

The Tree Lighting is Friday Nov 27 5:30-6:45PM. Thomas Lauderdale of Pink Martini will host a sing a-long along with local artists and chorale singers.

Portland Holiday Brew Fest Dec 12.

Portland's Public Menorah Dec 4-13

Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition Dec 18 6-8PM bringing hundreds of carolers to a ten-block radius. The 35th Annual Tuba Christmas Concert is Dec 19th 1:30-3PM

🎄CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS

Nothing says Christmas in Oregon quite like bundling up the family, heading out to a local tree farm, and searching for that perfect Christmas tree!

🎄 Quail Creek Ranch Christmas Trees — NW Portland

🎄 Furrow Farm — Hillsboro

🎄 Plumper Pumpkin Patch & Tree Farm — NW Portland

🎄 Helvetia Christmas Tree Farm — Hillsboro

🎄 Lee Farms — Tualatin

🎄 Pollard Ranch — NW Portland

🎄 Christmas Mountain Choose and Cut — Scappoose

🎄 WindSong Christmas Trees — Sherwood

🎄 David Hill Farm — Forest Grove

🎄 Loch Lolly Christmas Forest — North Plains area

🎄 JTB U-Cut Christmas Trees — Gresham

🎄 Merrywood Farm — Oregon City

🎄 Fanno Christmas Tree Farm — Boring

🎄 Hughes Family Tree Farm — Estacada

🎄 Zurbrugg Farms Christmas Trees — NW Portland

🎄 Cotton Christmas Trees — Oregon City

🎄 Don & Joy Schneider Christmas Tree U-Cut — Happy Valley

🎄 Rhodes Tree Farm — Oregon City

🎄 Austens' Farm — Oregon City

🎄 The Little Forest — SW Portland

Or you could bundle up the family, grab an axe and head to Mt. Hood National Forest. Tree permits are just $5 and that allows you to cut one tree up to 15 feet tall. There are a lot of rules and designated areas so have a plan!

STACEY & MIKE'S MERRY LIL' WATCH LIST

Godzilla Minus Zero is expected to dominate the box office opening weekend Nov 6. The sequel takes place 2 years after Godzilla Minus One and introduces King Ghidorah.

Johnny Depp returns to the big screen on Friday in "Ebenezer" Friday Nov 13. Remember that one time he made $90m for the final Pirates of the Caribbean movie and $68 million as the Mad Hatter in "Alice in Wonderland" for about seven minutes of screentime? Hollywood’s former highest paid actor only got $5m for Ebenezer.

Arnold is baaaack as Santa Claus in The Man With The Bag premiering Dec 2 on Amazon Prime. It looks fun! His co-star is Reacher (Alan Ritchson) and Awkwafina is the "bad guy."

HALLMARK'S Countdown to Christmas is already up and rolling with new movies every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Christmas.

NETFLIX'S Christmas movie lineup features familiar faces like Dennis Quaid (and a Corgi puppy named Ruby, get the tissues), Rob Lowe, Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki. Did I mention Rob Lowe? Just checking. Oh by the way. So Rob's documentary Rob Lowe: The Outsider drops Netflix Nov 24.

NBC's holiday happenings include The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Christmas in Rockefeller Center with Kelly Clarkson as well as family classics like Frosty, Rudolph, Shrek The Halls, The Grinch and It's A Wonderful Life.

Is it even Christmas without the Peanuts gang? Apple TV will air A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Nov 14 & 15 for FREE as well as A Charlie Brown Christmas Dec 12 & 13.

FREEFORM'S annual 25 Days of Christmas starts December 1 and includes Home Alone 1 & 2 and the Santa Claus movies.

ABC's festive lineup includes Home Alone, The Santa Clause, Die Hard and our iHeartRadio Jingle Ball! 2026 and Dick Clark's New Years Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest!

Downloadable Christmas movie cheat sheets: STREAMER CHEAT SHEET + KIDS STREAMER CHEAT SHEET

Take Stacey & Mike and Portland's Christmas Station with you in your car at 103.3 fm or on your free iHeartRadio app. You could win a family vacation for four to Disneyland or $1000 Christmas Cash!

If you're looking for a cozy holiday read by the fire, If I may, a little plug for a friend and former co-worker who just dropped her first book. Main Street and Mistletoe by Lara Scott (former dj at Z100 Portland) and Cori Linder.