Sunday, December 23, 2012

Dicken's Christmas Fair

Today we went to The Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace! Apparently, this fair has been happening every holiday season since 1970, but we had never been!

It was GREAT fun! We were lucky, as today was the last day of the fair this year. We also lucked out that we thought to go early - around 11:00, so it wasn't too busy. We left around 3:00, and by then, it was pretty crowded.

We all had a great time, but Dick and Spencer were really in their element. They loved seeing everyone dressed up in Victorian garb, that they had to join in. We found top hats for each of them at the Haberdashery. Dick wants to be fully dressed in Victorian era dress next year. He's hooked!


The Grand Concourse when we first entered


dancing at Heziwig & Company


Pinocchio at the theater


"Gin is Sin" (there were plenty of bars and booze going around!


A candle maker


Dick and Spencer playing Darts. Dick hit the balloon and won a candy-cane for me!


Live mannequins in the windows of the corset shop


my proper gentleman


it's like being at Disneyland and buying Mouse-Ears for my kids


Father Christmas sighting!

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