Hey everyone — if you’re planning ahead for Christmas dinner this year (whether you want to go out, have a sit-down meal, or take a feast home), here are some great options folks around Calgary love. Feel free to share your own favorites in the comments! 👇 🍗 Take-Home / Take-Out Christmas Dinners (great if you want to enjoy a feast at home without the cooking) • Blue Flame Kitchen — classic turkey dinner with all the sides that feeds several people; ready to heat and serve. • Hotel Arts — festive turkey dinner with trimmings you can pre-order and pick up. • Hotel Blackfoot — larger take-out feast designed for bigger groups with turkey and all the fixings. • Best Western Premier / Calgary Plaza — Christmas dinner take-out available in a few portion sizes. • Fairmont Palliser Turkey To-Go — holiday turkey dinner pick-up on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day with classic sides. • Sunterra Market Holiday Meal Kits — meal kits with turkey breast or prime rib plus sides — great for a DIY feast at home. 🍽️ Dine-In Christmas Dinner / Holiday Meals (for a sit-down experience with festive vibes) • Many restaurants and hotel dining rooms in Calgary offer special Christmas menus, buffets, or festive dinners for the holiday season. • Places like Thomsons Kitchen & Bar, Flower & Wolf, Yellow Door Bistro / Hotel Arts, Hawthorn Dining Room, and Carriage House Inn regularly host Christmas Day or Christmas Eve meals that make celebrating easy and delicious. • Local favorites and community picks often include Chinese restaurants and spots on 17th Ave that stay open on Christmas Day too — perfect for an alternative holiday meal. 💬 Questions for the Community: • Where will you be enjoying Christmas dinner this year — home-style take-out, a festive restaurant meal, or something else? • Have you already pre-ordered or made reservations anywhere around YYC? • Any hidden gems or local places that always have a great Christmas dinner — dine-in or to-go — worth recommending? Drop your favorite Calgary Christmas dinner ideas below! Let’s help each other make the holidays delicious! 🎅🍽️🎁

Hey lovely community — thinking ahead to December 31st and wondering how everyone’s planning to ring in 2026. Here are a few ideas/events around town — and I’d love your suggestions too! 👇 - 🥂 Prince’s Island Park New Year’s Eve Fireworks — Midnight fireworks launching from Prince’s Island Park. Great for a magical, outdoor wrap to the year. - 🎭 Zoo Year’s Eve at the Calgary Zoo — Family-friendly early evening fun (lights, activities), and then an adults-only celebration later on. - 🎶 A Luminous New Year’s Eve at Bella Concert Hall — A calm, beautiful concert to end the year on a serene, artsy note. - 💃 NYE 80’s Dance Party at Deerfoot Inn & Casino (Sundance Ballroom) — If you fancy dancing and a fun night out, this one’s on — 80s music, party vibe, and a lively crowd. - 🍽️ New Year’s Eve Dinner at The Fairmont Palliser — For a more relaxed, elegant evening: a five-course dinner at a classic Calgary hotel. 💭 What I’m curious to know from you all: - Have you heard of — or are you planning — other NYE events in Calgary? (Maybe cozy brunches, last-minute house concerts, pet-friendly gatherings, or winter light walks?) - Which of the options above sounds like your kind of New Year’s — quiet & reflective (concert or dinner), festive & social (fireworks or dance party), or somewhere in between? - Do you have favourite local spots or hidden gems around YYC for ringing in the new year that others should check out? Drop your ideas/comments below — always up for discovering more ways to celebrate! 🎇