{"id":201438,"date":"2026-10-23T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/?p=201438"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:53:29","slug":"lite-up-the-nite-morinville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/lite-up-the-nite-morinville\/","title":{"rendered":"Lite Up the Nite Christmas Festival &amp; Parade in Morinville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the holiday season with three days of festive family fun at Morinville&#8217;s Lite Up the Nite Christmas Festival, November 27-29, 2026! Kick off the weekend with a FREE holiday dance party featuring music, games, and a special visit from the Green Christmas Grouch (tickets required). Saturday brings even more excitement with the Festive Family Festival, including Santa visits, crafts, cookie decorating, and live entertainment, followed by the Christmas parade, park light-up, and spectacular fireworks! Wrap up the weekend with snowflake-themed activities and FREE festive skating on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2>Lite Up the Nite Christmas Festival:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Dates:<\/strong> November 27-29, 2026<br \/>\n<strong>Venue:<\/strong> Various locations, Morinville<br \/>\n<strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morinville.ca\/things-to-do\/lite-up-the-nite-christmas-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.morinville.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Check\u00a0out our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/holiday-light-ups\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holiday Light-Ups &amp; Santa Parades in Edmonton &amp; Area<\/a> for even more ways to celebrate the season! <\/strong>\ud83c\udf85<strong>\ud83c\udf84<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the holiday season with three days of festive family fun at Morinville&#8217;s Lite Up the Nite Christmas Festival, November 27-29, 2026! Kick off the weekend with a FREE holiday dance party featuring music, games, and a special visit from the Green Christmas Grouch (tickets required). Saturday brings even more<br \/><strong style=\"margin-top: 20px; display: block;\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/lite-up-the-nite-morinville\/\">Continue Reading &raquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":211224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,41,42],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-201438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-christmas-lights","category-past-events","tag-november","cat-3-id","cat-41-id","cat-42-id","has_thumb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lite Up the Nite Christmas Festival &amp; Parade in Morinville | Family Fun Edmonton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Head out to Morinville to celebrate the town&#039;s annual Lite Up the Nite Festival with a dance party, parade, fireworks and more!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/lite-up-the-nite-morinville\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lite Up the Nite Christmas Festival &amp; 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