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The Great Dickens Christmas Fair in Daly City
Held indoors at the Cow Palace in Daly City across five weekends each winter, the Great Dickens Christmas Fair recreates Victorian London with lamplit vendor halls, Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig's holiday ball, and scheduled readings from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, drawing costumed performers and shoppers into a fully enclosed period setting regardless of outside weather.
Its literary theme, costuming, and indoor world-building make it a distinctive seasonal event.