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The Seattle Christmas Market will include more than 60 vendors that will provide a range of handcrafted holiday art, gifts and festive treats.
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Daisy Ledesma, left, and her sisters Maria Ledesma and Daniela Ledesma, right, from Leavenworth, nap in chairs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on December 28, 2022. They are heading to Mexico to visit family. They left home early this morning at 7am to beat the traffic, any snow delays, pass closures or lines at the airport. They got here at 10am and have to wait all day for their flight scheduled tonight for after 9pm. Winter storms that swept through the Pacific Northwest continue to impact travel, causing scores of flight delays and cancellations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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Nasmil Valera browses the titles on offer at Charlie’s Queer Books Saturday afternoon during the grand opening in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington on November 4, 2023. 225387
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Some of the 30 million passengers expected to fly domestically over this Thanksgiving holiday may be stunned by what’s available to eat and drink 30,000 feet up in the sky. (Kyle Ellingson/The New York Times) – FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY AIRLINES FOOD BY CHRISTINE CHUNG FOR NOV. 23, 2023. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. – XNYT0475 XNYT0475

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Folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote “Roll On, Columbia, Roll On” about the Columbia River (this is the Grand Coulee Dam on the river in Eastern Washington), and it was approved as the official Washington state folk song in 1987. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times, 2008)

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Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan as Dewdrop, with PNB company dancers in a scene from George Balanchine’s The NutcrackerAE, choreographed by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. PNB’s acclaimed production returns to McCaw Hall at Seattle Center November 24 – December 27, 2023.

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Daisy Ledesma, left, and her sisters Maria Ledesma and Daniela Ledesma, right, from Leavenworth, nap in chairs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on December 28, 2022. They are heading to Mexico to visit family. They left home early this morning at 7am to beat the traffic, any snow delays, pass closures or lines at the airport. They got here at 10am and have to wait all day for their flight scheduled tonight for after 9pm. Winter storms that swept through the Pacific Northwest continue to impact travel, causing scores of flight delays and cancellations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

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