Posted in North Dakota November 29, 2017 by Leah

The Christmas Village In North Dakota That Becomes Even More Magical Year After Year

For 24 years now, this holiday village festival has come to the town of Garrison, North Dakota, and there are still two jam-packed weekends from now until Christmas that you can go see what makes it so fun and magical. The Dickens Village Festival just keeps getting better year after year and now in 2017 you can see why. It is, after all, the Christmas Capital of the state and that’s a title that is rightly deserved.

Get into the holiday spirit and head over there for yourself!

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The Dickens Village Festival is an event that has become a holiday tradition in Garrison, North Dakota.

Each year, the whole town comes together and people flock from miles around to experience the holiday cheer.

The event is based off of Charles Dickens's famous tale *A Christmas Carol,* and as such it is entirely themed around Christmas and England. You can even ride in a red double decker bus at the festival, the Queen Elizabus!

Along with fun themed activities, you can enjoy seeing live reindeer, Santa Claus, and grab a cup of hot chocolate or other delicious holiday treats.

Expect to be dazzled by their lighted parade each weekend and enjoy the live entertainment that happens throughout the day and each evening.

There is also plenty of vendors showing off and selling their creations at the Dickens Quilt Show.

This show also hosts a Scandinavian Bake Sale for all the favorite Scandinavian treats many North Dakotans know and love.

This one is unique: you can test your throwing arm with the Dickens Village Festival fruit cake toss competitions. There is so much more to see and do we can't possibly list it all, so go check it out for yourself!

The Dickens Village Festival will be taking place all throughout Garrison, ND on Friday, December 1 and Saturday December 2, along with the following weekend on December 8 and 9. Different events are happening all day throughout the festival. The full schedule of events can be found here.

This is just one of many things that makes the town of Garrison so awesome! Check out more about this town and why it’s one of the best in the Peace Garden State.