There's no guarantee how many volunteers come each day, he said, which makes organizing task timelines and a schedule that much more difficult.

Every year in the lead-up to Christmas, hundreds of families gather at Confederation Park Golf Course.

By November, when the course is closed to golfers and is often covered in snow and ice, it is transformed to delight Calgarians in an entirely different way.

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A lit-up family of snowmen greets them as they enter the park. Reindeer strung from sparkling LED lights are frozen in prance. Trees are decked with panels of green, blue, red, yellow and purple lights. Folks can bring toboggans and slide down the hills, and enjoy a hot chocolate on a stroll.

The Lions’ Festival of Lights, put on by volunteers for decades, has become a

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