Mt Lehman Christmas Home Tour

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Mt Lehman Christmas Home Tour

Come see inside Hallmark Christmas Homes with 100% profits go to IJM.

12/23/2023

What a night! We’ve got our last group of guests for the evening just starting to spread out through the neighbourhood.

One more day tomorrow. Come join us as there are still tickets left!

12/20/2023

The Mt Lehman Christmas Home Tour could not have happened without so many people who are not listed above. Thank you to so many friends, new and old who have helped in massive ways to make this event happen!
Music, organization, decorating, donating, volunteering, photography and more!

At the beginning of planning this tour in June we said to each other, the only way we can do this is if God brings people to help. He provided an incredible team!

Thank you.

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12/19/2023

TICKETS ADDED!
We realize many of you are working during the day on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd so we've opened up 2 more time slots: 3pm & 5pm.
These will be quicker check in and will allow more time to finish the tour before home owners need to close up for the night.
Get your tickets!

12/15/2023

Tickets Update:
We are SOLD OUT for the first weekend (December 16th & 17th)
other than the 12-2pm time slots.

NO ticket purchase at the door. If you don’t have a ticket we won’t be able to let you in.
We wish we could!!

**There are lots of tickets left for the 21-23

12/15/2023

What you need to know before you arrive!

Tickets:
please purchase your ticket online. We could be sold out and we don’t want you to drive all they way to us and not be able to go on the tour

PARKING AND CHECK IN
Parking and check in is at Tuscan Farm Gardens (6834 Mt Lehman Road)
Show digital or printed tickets and receive a wristband to show at the door of each home

SHOES AND COATS:
No shoes inside the homes, Bring a tote bag for your shoes. You cannot carry them in your hands.
If you do not bring your own tote bag you must purchase one when you check in

TRANSPORTATION
This is primarily a walking tour - you will not be able to drive your own vehicle to each home.
Bring weather appropriate clothing and shoes
Shuttle vans are available between homes for those who cannot walk or prefer not to

WASHROOMS
Washrooms at Tuscan Farm Gardens shop and Heronsbridge Coach House
Please do not use the washrooms inside the homes

PHOTOGRAPHY
No photography is allowed inside the homes but there are lots of outdoor photo opportunities

GIVING TREE
You will have an opportunity to buy gifts of rescue from the giving tree to fund IJM’s rescue operations. Gifts from $10 to $2000 available!
Purchase a gift of rescue with friends and family in lieu of a group gift exchange

CHRISTMAS CAFÉ AND MARKET (at Tuscan Farm Gardens) open 12 - 9 pm
You can visit the café during your tour time slot or after
100% of your food and drink purchase goes to support IJM
100% of your gifts and crafts purchase goes to support IJM
Most seating is outside on the covered patio. Limited fire tables available.

FOR CHILDREN (and the young at heart)
Lego Christmas train room with over 50 000 Lego bricks
Candy Cottage and DIY s’mores (100% of your purchase goes to support IJM)
Take a selfie with Santa

12/14/2023

🌟 Be the driving force for a cause this holiday season! Join us as a volunteer Class 4 driver for the enchanting Mt. Lehman Christmas Home Tour! 🎄

We're seeking individuals with a Class 4 license and a passion for giving back to the community. Your wheels will be instrumental in making this festive event a success. Transport guests through a winter wonderland of beautifully decorated homes while supporting a vital cause.

🌟 What's in it for you?

Make a meaningful impact: Every part of the tour contributes to supporting the International Justice Mission.
Join a heartwarming community event: Be part of spreading holiday cheer and joy.
Build new connections: Interact with fellow volunteers and participants in a warm, festive atmosphere.

Your commitment will make a world of difference! All proceeds from this event go directly to the International Justice Mission, supporting their incredible work in fighting for justice around the globe.

If you're ready to steer towards a more meaningful holiday season, join us as a volunteer Class 4 driver! Contact us at [contact information] to become a vital part of this amazing cause. Together, let's drive change and make this Christmas tour a memorable and impactful experience for all! 🚗💫

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050F4BABA622A2FC1-46768084-vandrivers

Cara Friesen

12/05/2023

A Christmas Treasure.
Lou and Kyle met in the Pine Grove, they both have doubts about their future, but the magic of the holiday season and the connection they have, helps each of their journeys.

Starring: Jordin Sparks & Michael Xavier

This film really featured the spots in the neighbourhood from Tuscan Farm Gardens to Heronsbridge.
There is a beautiful scene where Jordin Sparks (Lou) sings Oh Holy Night with the grand piano. It’s always fun when live music comes into these movies!

Hallmark loves a good establishing house shot. Once you look for it, they’re everywhere. Heronsbridge is sporting some REMARKABLE reindeer if you look closely!

This movie can be found free online in Canada.

11/28/2023

Through ticket sales has received $50,000!

For those of you who have purchased tickets, thank you for being interested in our beautiful little neighbourhood who has been in many Hallmark films but more importantly, THANK YOU for being part of the movement.

You’ve joined the movement to protect people in poverty from violence by rescuing victims, bringing criminals to justice, restoring survivors to safety and strength, and helping local law enforcement build a safe future that lasts.

Get your tickets! We’ve had our first time slot sell out, but for now, there’s still lots of tickets!

11/27/2023

Gift of Peace

After her husband's death, long-time devoted Christian Traci stops believing, and on her second Christmas without him, she visits a support group in search of comfort and inspiration.

Starring: Nikki Deloach – Brennan Elliott – Princess Davis

This film can be found for rental or purchase on YouTube or AppleTV… even in Canada!

We loved this movie! It used Tuscan Farm gardens and Heronbridge and even featured the forest walk which is a hike in the movie ending with a beautiful view. You’ll have to come and see the “view” – which isn’t quite as nice as the movie makes it – for yourself. This heartwarming film has all the loveable characteristics of a Hallmark with even more heart and meaning.

Check it out!

11/22/2023

The Christmas lights are popping up all over this Mt Lehman neighbourhood. This home in particular is doing a child-like wonder theme and it starts right on their driveway!

Tickets are going fast and we are so excited to see things come together!

11/20/2023

Our Italiano Christmas Memories

The Colucci siblings, in an effort to jog the memory of their grandfather who is struggling with dementia, set out to recreate their late grandmother's legendary pasta sauce.

Starring: Sarah Power and Beau Bridges

Most of this movie was filmed at Heronsbridge. Hallmark used the extended dinning room table where the Heronsbridge 20 person extended family uses in the winter.

Beau had a great chat with the tenants of Heronsbridge. He’s a lovely man. Which comes through in this movie!

11/17/2023

Introducing a new addition to the Mt Lehman Christmas Home Tour!

After you have experienced Christmas in this Mt Lehman neighbourhood, come purchase a hot Christmas drink and fresh homemade holiday baking in the Christmas Cafe. is transforming their shop to create the cafe and mini market. In the Mini Market there will be locally made items for purchase.

The most exciting part is that 100% of the money spent in the Christmas Cafe & Mini Market goes to International Justice Mission!

11/14/2023

What makes this Christmas event special? What have people said about the last one in 2019?

Come join us December 16-17 & December 21-23 for the Mt Lehman Christmas home tour!

Get your tickets in the link in bio.

Share with a friend!

11/13/2023

Movie Monday featuring:
A Dickens of a Holiday!

To make the 100th anniversary of her hometown's Victorian festival a success, Cassie invites action movie star and former high school classmate Jake to play in "A Christmas Carol."

Starring: Brooke D’Orsay – Kristoffer Polaha – Chad Willett

Using mainly the Heronsbridge library this film was fun and care free retelling the classic Christmas tale.

Come see how we’ve decorated the this same space.

11/13/2023

All we want for Christmas this year is for children and families to be rescued from human trafficking. As we are running around trying to sort out what is going where and what house is doing a specific style, we often turn to each other and say “it’s for the children”. The children caught in slavery.

We want to be part of rescuing THOSE children.

The ticket sales and ALL the money throughout this Christmas experience goes directly to and we couldn’t be more excited to open our homes and neighbourhood during this busy season for an incredible cause.

Help us reach the goal of more than 3,000 ticket sales?! We’re almost 1/3 there!

11/11/2023

Friday’s you’ll see updates about what the 2023 tour will all include. Yes you’ll see many beautiful homes, but it is much more than a home tour. It’s a Christmas EXPERIENCE with amazing things like the Candy Cottage and so much more!

The Heronsbridge garden house has been in 2 films. For the tour it is being transformed into the Candy Cottage, decked out in lights and with more candy than you can eat with 100% of the proceeds going to IJM!

Get your tickets now!

11/09/2023

Throwback Thursday to the first tour in 2019. This is the main home of . Four boys, many cats, chickens and husband and wife team J&J.
Jodi brought the gardens inside and it was so beautiful! The theme is the same for this coming tour but the outcome is already different with added items and new style.

Christmas is a busy time for this family with music concerts and normal school fun but the boys in this house ages 15, 13, 11 and 9 are all in!

100% of proceeds to

Tickets link in bio. They are selling! So make sure to get them soon!

11/08/2023

Give the Gift of Freedom this Christmas.

Not sure what to give that adult child or a good friend?

One of the stops along the tour is the Coach House used for weddings in the summertime and transformed for this tour with a massive tree.

We invite you to be part of the freedom movement and partner with IJM to fund a rescue, support aftercare programs or simply provide food and a blanket for a on-the-ground rescue.

Your family, friend group or business can choose a gift of rescue from our giant giving tree.

All proceeds of the tour go directly to International Justice Mission to free children from human trafficking.

11/06/2023

The Christmas Ring. A website writer tries to locate the owner of an antique engagement ring for her latest human interest story.

Starring: Nazneen Contractor – David Alpay – Kazumi Evans

With each Hallmark movie, it is always inspiring to see how they use the space. For Tuscan Farm Gardens they redecorated the master bedroom and made it so beautiful with the roses in the garlands.

Movie can be found online.

11/04/2023

More than 400 tickets sold so far! We are so grateful we can be part of rescuing people from human trafficking all while anticipating a beautiful and fun Christmas event!

We've got a few offices and businesses interested in coming for their Christmas party. So if you think your work would be interested in doing something different for their event spread the word!
What it could look like: wander the 7 homes, the Lego train room, and eat some sweets at the Candy Cottage. Then gather as a staff for as long as you like in the Christmas Cafe enjoying hot Christmas drinks and fresh baking. With 100% of the proceeds going to International Justice Mission it would be a different staff Christmas experience.

Share with your co-workers and ask your boss if they'd be interested!

11/03/2023

How it started. Attending the Liberate International Justice Mission gathering was incredible. Part of the this incredible conference was challenging attendees to raise awareness of human trafficking, to “end slavery in our life time”.

And so, three sisters and their mom began to plan, organize, and decorate, not sure who would come ot our family-style Christmas home tour. We thought if Hallmark Christmas films liked our houses, maybe someone else would like them too!

Come join us and experience a beautiful Christmas event while rescuing children and families from human trafficking.

Get tickets on the website, link in bio.

100% of proceeds go to

10/07/2023

Tickets available NOW!
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome you and your friends and family into our homes to celebrate Christmas in a dreamy neighbourhood in Mt Lehman. Some things to anticipate are: the Christmas Café, Candy Cottage, live music and did we mention a whimsical lit up forest and SO much more.
Get your tickets on the website. Link in bio. And share with your friends and family!

See you in December!

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09/28/2023

See a sneak peak of the lights in the forest on our Instagram!

09/05/2023

Follow along on Instagram to see some of the movies that have been filmed in the Mt Lehman Christmas Home tour.

There are some behind the scenes stories that you won’t want to miss.

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Last week we held a volunteer evening for the many people who helped make the Christmas home tour an incredible success. We shared stories, announced the total $$ raised, and ate yummy food. It was an evening of gratitude and thankfulness. We know there were people we missed and who couldn’t make it. We are humbled and thankful that God brought an amazing group of people to help make this event a success.

Some of the trees on the tour. Ranging from 2ft to 20+ft come see them for yourself and experience the wonder of Christmas time. There’s a few tickets left for today and tomorrow. See you soon! #christmastree

We’re ready for the tour day 3! Come join us this weekend as we have a few more tickets available all three days: Thursday, Friday & Saturday.

We need to clarify 3 myths that are going around the Mt Lehman Christmas Home Tour: 1. ��Home owners have gone on holidays. FACT: the people hosting in these beautiful spaces are the owners & they’re still LIVING there. Some family’s with small boys! 2. ��Hallmark decorated. FACT: each house has been decorated by the home owner & their community. 3. The whole neighbourhood is family. FACT: Three of the properties are related but the rest are dear neighbours. We love working together! So just to clarify some ideas that aren’t true. Hallmark is NOT sponsoring the tour and they actually have nothing to do with it. We’re using the recognition of our homes through the Hallmark “fame” to bring rescues this Christmas with @ijmcanada **Please consider this when you’re walking through homes and saying things to the people who live there and are sharing their hearts with you!! Home Owners are opening their spaces because they want to bring rescue at Christmas. We’ve got tickets left for Thursday, Friday & Saturday, get your tickets now!

Come to this Mt Lehman neighbourhood to experience Christmas through 11 different stops along a magical home tour. You’re invited to walk the neighbourhood, jump on a shuttle or even get one of the golf carts to see the homes in a self-guided tour. Using our map and the volunteers along the way we are excited for our last 3 days of the tour: December 21st, 22nd, & 23rd. With over 50 hallmark movies filmed in the neighbourhood, the home owners have decorated for Christmas for you in unique ways. With 100% of the proceeds going to @ijmcanada to see how many children and families we can rescue from human trafficking around the world! Come experience Christmas with a purpose! #mtlehmanchristmashometour #christmashomes #holidayhomes #christmaswithapurpose #hallmarkhomes

Santa’s going to be hanging out in the Gazebo! It’s looking incredibly cute! We had an incredible photographer come though today. Watch for some more great ones online! #santa #christmashometour

Join a live conversation with Anu and Cara to dream big and be part of the fight against human trafficking. TOGETHER we can make a difference. Thanks Anu @seekjusticenow and IJM Canada @ijmcanada for doing this incredible work! #freedom #ijmcanada

Did someone say Lego train room? These are photos back 2019. When there were only seven grandsons and less Lego to be seen. Now though, there are more boys and more Lego! The oldest boy has added it up to find its more than 50,000 pieces! We also have the Vancouver Lego club, coming out and filling the whole bedroom leading up to the attic with LEGOs. This is something children at heart both little and big will love! @lego #legotrainroom #christmaslego #boys #chirstmashometour

Where do you think this incredible tree is going? 1 - Santa’s Gazebo? 2 - Ingleside? 3 - Candy Cottage? And in person it looks even cuter! Want to come over for the best Christmas experience around to see it? You’re invited!! Get your tickets on the website. The 4-6 slots are selling out first, but the other spaces have lots of room! #candycane #christmascandy #christmashometour #holidayhome

Who doesn’t want to wander through a neighbourhood with live Christmas music? Are you a musician? Do you have a group that would love to donate some time playing during the tour? You know the same 4 songs repeated? 😁 Our hope is to have live music on each property so that as you wander through the homes you hear Christmas songs drifting through the neighbourhood. We’ve got some musicians lined up but could use some more! We’re looking for brass, piano, guitar, maybe even some singing! Tag someone who would be great! Message below or DM us and we’ll chat about details. Again as 100% of the funds are going to @ijmcanada this would be volunteer but we might be able to give you something else… #abbotsfordmusic #christmasmusic #ambiance #christmashometour

Look at these pieces of art! At Ingleside the decorations are all homemade-handmade and these gingerbread will be epic and beautiful made into a giant surprise! Couldn’t do it without you @mrs.ks.cameron @mrsraenichols 💕 #christmasdecorations #gingerbreadhouse #homemadechristmas #handmadechristmas

Come find this 18 foot Christmas tree from @ohchristmastreefarm in the Timber Lodge at the @mtlehmanchristmashometour! This tree farm supplies many a @hallmarkchristmas film in the area and so we thought it was only fitting to get it from there. (We have found this out after the fact, 😂 but they’re beautiful trees, so it makes sense!) The outfits and precision of the cutters was amazing! Tree chosen and cut ✅ Now it’s time to decorate and for YOU to come see it! Get your tickets and we’ll see you there! #mtlehmanchristmashometour #christmastree #ohchristmastree #langleychristmas #cityoflangleybc

Getting crafty for Ingleside’s theme of home-made handmade. Ladies from our community joining in the fun! Ingleside was so beautiful in the 2019 tour! Tickets are selling fast! Almost sold out on December 16th. But lots of room for the other days. #christmascrafts #christmashome #vancouverholidayhappenings