Family Fun Weekend Activities (December 3 – 5)

Get tickets! Seriously don’t miss out on the beloved East Van Panto. A holiday tradition, an exceptional Christmas gift idea, or just because you want to laugh yourself silly, tickets to the East Van Panto are a must. The hilarious English panto tradition returns for the 9th year to East
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Metro Vancouver knows how to celebrate Christmas! Many of our beloved holiday events are back, and IN PERSON, for 2021. We can’t wait to dive head-first into the holiday events, celebrations, and activities. If we’ve missed an event, please send an email to vancouver@familyfuncanada.com and we will update our list
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Visits with Santa are back for 2021. One of my favourite Christmas activities is to look at all the photos with Santa I’ve had taken over the years. My mom displays them with pride: the one with me screaming my head off at 10 months of age all the way
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Welcome to November, seemingly the wettest month of the year! But November is sandwiched between Halloween and Christmas which causes the month to be full of family activities and oodles of festive fun. Check out our Ultimate Guide to Christmas Markets & Craft Fairs in Metro Vancouver. The craft fairs
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Trains, Santa, hot chocolate? The North Pole Express is every child’s dream! Head to the Railway Museum of British Columbia (formerly known as the West Coast Heritage Railway) in Squamish for this must-do holiday experience. Travel aboard the North Pole Express for a 50-minute long train ride filled with cookies,
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Happy dance! The Vancouver Christmas Market is back for 2021! More than just a craft fair, the Christmas Market is an authentic German Christmas Market that creates the perfect atmosphere to mix and mingle with friends and family, stroll through romantic rows of little wooden huts decorated in pine branches
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The holiday craft fairs are starting early in 2021. We love browsing the vendor’s stalls, talking to the artisans, and discovering magical creations that demand to be taken home. While 2020 brought us a slew of virtual craft fairs, we are thrilled to see the return to in-person craft fairs
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As you may know, Family Fun Vancouver is part of a larger network of family-friendly sites spread across the country. The editors of the various sites frequently share ideas for stories and content we think readers would enjoy. Today the editor of Family Fun Edmonton said she was working on
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