Plan Carnaval de Québec with Bonhomme’s Ice Palace, the Old Québec night parade, the St. Lawrence ice canoe race, tubing ...

The air is crisp, my skin is the color of a Queen Anne rose, and I’m dressed in so many layers I could pass for Bonhomme’s short, plump sister. He’s around here somewhere, Bonhomme, the King of ...

From canoe races to sculpted palaces, the Quebec Winter Carnival will use ice in interesting ways to celebrate its coldest season. For the winter traveler itching to add something unique to their ...

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Bonhomme Carnaval, mascot of the Quebec City winter carnival, Canada’s largest pre-Lenten celebration, is turning 60 this year, meaning he is old enough to pack it in and start drawing early on his ...

The mystique surrounding Bonhomme includes bodyguards, private flights and almost 1,000 appearances a year. Yet, he's never been seen in two places at once. He is Quebec's answer to Santa Claus, and ...

The boss here is Bonhomme Carnaval, an actor dressed in a huge white snowman suit, approaching seven feet tall, his puffy waist cinched by an official Quebec Winter Carnival belt. Bonhomme is ...

How can you not love a 7-foot snowman who dances, chats and brings cheer to everyone he encounters? And how can you not love the event he represents — the Quebec Winter Carnival? The carnival, to be ...