Great Dickens Christmas Fair marks 40th year of transporting visitors to Victorian England

by Janis Mara, Bay City News November 22, 2024November 20, 2024

Now in its 40th season of giving visitors a taste of the holidays, Victorian style, the Great Dickens Christmas Fair returns to the Cow Palace in Daly City starting this weekend. Pictured are scenes from previous fairs. At left, performer Jeremiah Johnston does a trick with prop boxes at the 2022 event. At right, a woman admires a handmade item at one of the craft booths. (Photos by Rich Yee and Robin Fadtke via Bay City News)

Jigs will be danced, the streets of London will be strolled, ale will be consumed and all kinds of other entertainments will be enjoyed on the opening day of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace in Daly City on Saturday.

This is the 40^th year for the event, officially titled the Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Victorian Holiday Party. The fair will be taking place on weekends and the day after Thanksgiving, through Dec. 22.

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