Mentioned in another thread, I thought I'd recommend it in a thread of it's own...

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(Updated for 2014)

VISIT VICTORIAN LONDON IN SAN FRANCISCO!


Join us for FIVE WEEKENDS
Nov. 22 ~ Dec. 21 from 10am to 7pm,
including the Friday after Thanksgiving!

A Victorian Christmas Card Come to Life!

Enter the world of Charles Dickens and revel in a Victorian London where it's always Christmas Eve and the streets resound with celebrations of the Season! Lively calls of street vendors ring out above the crowd and mingle with holiday carolers; tempting aromas of roasted chestnuts and hearty foods fill the air; enticing shops overflow with one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts.

To recreate old London town, we transform over three acres of vintage exhibition halls into lamplit lanes, pubs and theatres, dance floors and music halls, tearooms and shops. Hundreds of costumed characters from genteel to boisterous bring the town to life and interact with patrons.

Purchase "print at home" tickets and save!

Experience the joys of Christmas past at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair!
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Some relatively impartial reviews:
http://www.lasplash.com/publish/Ente...air-review.php
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifesty.../2005/12/69824
http://www.yelp.com/biz/dickens-fair...alls-daly-city
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g6...ctivities.html


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This message brought to you by the bar-fly in the back who will commute up each weekend from Los Angeles to be part of the show... ^