From Seattle shopping sprees and chocolate buffets to special meals and the ultimate cookie event, holiday experiences at Four Seasons Hotel Seattle are sure to leave lasting impressions.

Gift Ideas That Are Sure to Please

For Someone in Need of Pampering: Holiday-Inspired Spa Treatments

• Holiday Gift Basket: USD 125.00
• Candy Cane Pedicure: USD 65.00 (50 minutes)

The Holiday Gift Basket – which includes an eye pillow, Tea Forté and a USD 100.00 spa certificate – allows the recipient to choose from an array of calming and revitalising services, from massages to facials, that draw on distinctive Northwestern elements. Specially created for teens, the Candy Cane Pedicure with a “chocolate martini” and chocolate-dipped pretzel is a fun twist on a typical pedicure.

For the Inner Shopaholic: Shopper’s Holiday Package

• Starting at USD 595.00
• November 1, 2009 – February 28, 2010  

Seattle is filled with great boutique shops, as well as world-class brands. For those in need of a shopping escape, the Shopper’s Holiday Package is the perfect getaway. Not only does the package include overnight accommodations at Seattle’s newest hotel, it also includes a USD 200.00 gift card to Nordstrom. After a day of shopping, relax in ART Lounge with two holiday beverages.    

For Someone Hard to Please: Four Seasons Gift Card  

The Four Seasons Gift Card can be purchased for any denomination and used towards room accommodations, a visit to ART Restaurant or treatments at The Spa. Bound to please a spa-going, food-loving, travel-addicted and difficult-to-shop-for person, the Four Seasons Gift Card is redeemable worldwide.   

Unique Holiday Happenings

The Ultimate Holiday Cookie Recipe Search and Showdown

• Recipe Search: November 1 – December 1, 2009
• Recipe Showdown: Sunday, December 6, 2009, at the first annual Holidays with HeART  

ART Restaurant is looking for the ultimate cookie recipe to feature as the house cookie for the holidays. What makes your recipe a holiday cookie? Email a 150-word description: Were these cookies served each holiday at home? Does the recipe use seasonal ingredients? Finalists will be judged at the first annual Holidays with HeART on December 6, 2009. Email recipes to Pastry Chef Ryan Witcher at ryan.witcher@fourseasons.com.

Festive Dining, Giving the Holidays a Modern Makeover

• Saturday, November 7, 2009, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
• USD 100.00 per person, plus tax and gratuity  

For the person who loves to throw parties, join Executive Chef Kerry Sear and interior designer Kevin Bradford for tips on how to give a home holiday party a modern makeover. Learn how to prepare dishes with ease and how to tastefully decorate the table, and get other helpful tips on how to throw the festive party of the season. Includes lunch, wine, recipe cards and a demo with Executive Chef Kerry Sear and Kevin Bradford. Limited to 12 people.    

Party in the Plaza

• Friday, November 27, 2009, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm  

Downtown Seattle kicks off the holiday season with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Friday, November 27, 2009. Four Seasons Hotel Seattle joins in the downtown festivities with the Party in the Plaza, a perfect stop after the parade, or a perfect break from holiday shopping. Held just outside the Hotel, ART Restaurant’s Executive Chef Kerry Sear will be serving mini-burgers grilled to order, kosher hot dogs, mandarin orange cotton candy, hot apple cider, eggnog and more for only USD 2.00 each.

Holidays with HeART and Ultimate Holiday Cookie Recipe Showdown

• Sunday, December 6, 2009, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Adults: USD 35.00; Children aged 6 – 12: USD 25.00  

Come join in the fun at the first annual Holidays with HeART, a fun-filled family event featuring cookie-decorating stations, the Ultimate Holiday Cookie Recipe Showdown, a reading of children’s holiday books and more. A portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to Treehouse Seattle, an organisation that helps kids who live in foster care.    

Holiday Dining  

Thanksgiving Feast

• Thursday, November 26, 2009, 12:00 noon – 8:00 pm
• Adults: USD 85.00; Children aged 6 – 12: USD 35.00  

Leave all the stress of meal preparation to Executive Chef Kerry Sear and his culinary team. Enjoy a three-course dinner – featuring your choice of fall favourites such as roast butternut squash salad, porcini mushroom bisque and traditional roast organic tom turkey – and a dessert buffet.  

A Chocolate Holiday

• Thursdays, December 3, 10 and 17, 2009, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Adults: USD 15.00; Children aged 6 – 12: USD 7.00 

A Chocolate Holiday is a celebration for serious chocolate lovers. ART Restaurant’s chocolate buffet will feature 11 temptations, including chocolate fondue, dipped strawberries, white chocolate peppermint mousse cake and a chocolate s’mores tart. If that isn’t enough chocolate, how about chocolate chili pasta with basil and cocoa nibs?   

Christmas Eve Dinner

• Thursday, December 24, 2009, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Adults: USD 95.00 per person, with wine pairings for an additional USD 60.00; Children aged 6 – 12: USD 35.00  

Featuring a holiday-themed four-course set dinner menu with traditional items such as roast beef and turkey, this meal will capture the palates of those looking to celebrate Christmas in style. The Christmas Eve menu will also feature a dessert buffet set up at the counter.

Christmas Day Feast

• Friday, December 25, 2009, 12:00 noon – 8:00 pm
• Adults: USD 95.00 per person, with wine pairings for an additional USD 60.00; Children aged 6 – 12: USD 35.00  

ART Restaurant’s popular Christmas Day menu features traditional items such as roast turkey, dry-aged prime rib of beef and plum pudding, as well as lavender-honey-glazed pork loin and roasted cauliflower risotto with Idiazábal cheese. The menu offers a choice of six appetizers and six main courses, as well as a dessert buffet set up at the counter.

New Year’s Eve Bash

• Thursday, December 31, 2009, 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm (two seatings)
• USD 120.00 per person, with wine pairings for an additional USD 65.00  

New Year’s Eve is a magical time. Ring in the new year with that special someone, and savour ART’s seven-course dinner. Incorporating the best seasonal ingredients available in the Northwest and beyond, this culinary journey is accompanied by musical entertainment and sweeping views of Elliott Bay.

New Year’s Day Brunch: Eggs Benedict Menu

• Friday, January 1, 2010, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm  

Celebrate the new year with ART’s All Eggs Benedict menu. The à la carte menu includes the classic eggs Benedict, as well as dishes such as crab cake Benedict, dim sum Benedict, garden Benedict and beefsteak and fried eggs Benedict.