There was a virtual market with local businesses, a virtual screen with musical performances on Facebook live each weekend, Evergreen Bright, and a food portion.
I checked out Evergreen Bright which showcased different Christmas light displays around the city. It was nice to see so many lights be put up on government buildings and watch some of the projection shows. On December 4, my mom and I went down to the Halifax waterfront and walked the length of it before going back up to Grand Parade. The park across from the Westin Hotel lit up the tree in the middle of the park and put some decorations on the light posts surrounding it so that was our first stop. Small Christmas trees were in amongst the drunken light posts while the Waterfront Warehouse had a projection of snowflakes. The Salt Yard was sparkling with decorations. City Hall had a light show on the front of the building containing holiday images including a toy train, presents, snowflakes and turning it into a gingerbread house.
A similar light show was projected on the front of the old post office in Dartmouth which I visited on a different night. It wasn't as interesting as City Hall. While there was no official tree lighting this year in Dartmouth, the tree by Sullivan's Pond was lit up so I checked that out and the bridge across the salmon ladder even had lights on it.
Many other displays were around including at Bishops Landing, the Citadel signal mast, Killam Brewery Market and the Historic Properties. I really enjoyed the part of the festival that I did participate in and hope they can have the 2021 version not online at all so I can check out more.
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