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Buy Local – Custom Matting and Framing
Let the Bigfoot Art Gallery bring your family photos and art to life with professional custom framing and matting. Voted Best Of The Valley (2022-2023)
Location – 1088 S. Colony Way Palmer, AK 99645
Phone: (907) 745-6045
Business Hours:
Tuesday – Friday: 10:00AM – 6:00PM
Saturday: 10:00AM – 3:00PM
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Website: http://bigfootartgallery.com/
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Anchorage
Location: Alaska Zoo – Anchorage
Information: Alaska Zoo Lights – Zoo Lights is the Alaska Zoo’s annual festival of custom light displays which brightens the dark winter nights. They also have opportunities for companies and schools to book Private Night Zoo Lights. (more)
Phone: Visit their website for contact information (contact)
Business Dates & Hours: Visit their website for hours and tickets information (contact)
Website: https://www.alaskazoo.org/zoo-lights-2024-2025
Location: Alaska Botanical Garden – Anchorage
Information: Brighter Winter Nights – An exciting winter walk through the glowing garden featuring botanical themed light displays, ice luminarias, cozy firepits, a kicksled trail, and model train! (more)
Phone: Visit their website for contact information (contact)
Business Dates & Hours: Visit their website for hours and tickets information (contact)
Website: https://www.alaskabg.org/brighter-winter-nights
Captain Cooks Gingerbread Village
Location: The Hotel Captain Cook – Anchorage
Information: Gingerbread Village – The perfect place for your holiday photos and date night (more)
Phone: Visit their website for contact information (contact)
Business Dates & Hours: Visit their website for hours and tickets information (contact)
Website: https://captaincook.com
Architectural Ingenuity in Sugar and Spice:
A Glimpse into the gingerbread house designs of UAA’s 2024 Culinary Arts Students.
Pastry Chef Joe Hickel’s 45-Year Legacy:
A look back at the Hotel Captain Cook’s Marina’s Gingerbread Village Builds.
Live streaming cameras of the 2025 Captain Cook Christmas Gingerbread Villagev& so much more!
As we bid farewell to Hickel’s gingerbread villages, we celebrate his 45-year legacy and the enduring magic of his creations.
2023 Time lapse Video
Included is a first ever overhead time lapse view.
Watch Pastry Chef Joe Hickel and team design his 45th and final Captain Cook Christmas Gingerbread Village located in the lobby of The Hotel Captain Cook.
2023 Village Slideshow
Pastry Chef Joe Hickel & his teams 45 and final gingerbread village slideshow. The village presents beautiful gingerbread houses, streets, and sledding hills full of frosting. Scenes of the town celebrating the holiday season, sledding, shopping, skating and more.
Meet The Creator
Creator and designer of the Gingerbread Village, Pastry Chef Joe Hickel.
Joe has been creating gingerbread villages for over 40 years.
The Gingerbread Man
For 45 years, Joe Hickel has dazzled onlookers with a custom Christmas Gingerbread Village at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska–a place where his family legacy runs deep. His final and most ambitious Gingerbread Village provides an opportunity to reflect on his legacy and step out of the shadow of his famous father.
Visit The Gingerbread Village – Free
Visit the Captain Cook Gingerbread Village just outside the Whales Tails restaurant located inside The Hotel Captain Cook Anchorage. AK at no cost.
959 West 5th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501
800-843-1950
www.captaincook.com
Holiday Alaska’s
2025 Christmas Advent Calendar
Stop by daily to see a new image reveal itself on the calendar.
Starting December 1st!