WEST SEATTLE HOLIDAY SCENE: First ‘Shop Late Thursday’ for Junction Hometown Holidays 2025

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(WSB photos)

5:43 PM: The Junction’s holiday-cheer level is running high tonight, with Santa Claus roaming and live music playing for the first Shop Late Thurday of this Hometown Holidays season.

Participating businesses are keeping their doors open later for holiday shopping. We’re roaming too.

7:30 PM: If you couldn’t get out tonight – you’ve got another Shop Late Thursday ahead next week!

Some shops are open late all the time – above, The Beer Junction is one. Here are other places twinkling with holiday lights tonight, like CAPERS Home (WSB sponsor):

Brocante Beach House:

Paper Boat Booksellers (WSB sponsor):

Other sights included the spot where Santa photos will be offered as an animal-rescue fundraiser on Saturday, at The Hydrant:

But tonight, Santa was out and about – umbrella in tow:

Our West Seattle Holiday Guide has a long lineup of Santa photo ops for the next couple weeks! Meantime, the biggest night of Hometown Holidays is this Saturday (December 6), with a Night Market on SW Alaska 4-8 pm (here’s the vendor list) and the tree-lighting event around 6 pm (scroll this page for the night’s full schedule).

lateshopper December 5, 2025 (6:22 am)

What?? We were out, got to junction at 545, ate, and by 630, Capers was closed as was nearly everything else. There was no christmas scene. We ran into another couple that also were trying to participate and were wondering why nothing was open. Luckily Easy street, paper boat, and the pet store were open, can always count on them. But There were seemingly no festivities going on at all. Book club was going on at a few places…that seemed nice.