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Let the Bigfoot Art Gallery bring your family photos to life with designer 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/

Bigfoot Art Gallery – Voted Best Of The Valley (2022-2023).

Visit & Buy Local, Buy Alaskan

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


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, slideshows, & so much more!

The Hotel Captain Cook Gingerbread Village Logo Ad

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.

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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.

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Meet The Creator

Creator and designer of the Gingerbread Village, Pastry Chef Joe Hickel.
Joe has been creating gingerbread villages for over 40 years.

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Photo of Pastry Chef Joe Hickel

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 Marina’s 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 Alaskas
2023 Christmas Advent Calendar

Stop by daily to see a new image reveal itself on the calendar.

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