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Christmas Past at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, form the living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, form the living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Queen of England gets her subjects at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Performers at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Laura Guiney of San Diego prepares a batch of honey roasted sweet nuts at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Great Dickens Christmas Fair a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, form the living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Christmas Past at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, form the living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Father Christmas played by Will Wood of Napa gets a picture with four-year-old twins Aiden and Amelia Cheung of San Francisco at Great Dickens Christmas Fair at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The fair is a Bay Area tradition since 1970 as the exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
A mime performer at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
A performer at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Performers at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Audience members in period costumes watch a performance at the Paddy West stage at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Audience members in period costumes watch a performance at the Paddy West stage at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Chalyce Pay models a corset for Dark Garden at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, form the living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Professor Flockmocker played by Jay Davis entertains at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair- a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
ousier Jacques D'auge played by Daniel Silveira and Professor Flockmocker played by Jay Davis, at right entertain fairgoers at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair- a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Professor Flockmocker played by Jay Davis entertains at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair- a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Professor Flockmocker played by Jay Davis, at right and Mousier Jacques D'auge played by Daniel Silveira entertain at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair- a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen ofManny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Friends Anna Weaver, 8, and Parker Mergelkamp, 9, of Napa get a portrait painted by Louis Nuyens at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Tarot card reading at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Christmas Present roams the halls of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace.The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
A performer at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
A performer at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Father Christmas at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
A performer at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
A performer at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com -
Performers at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair - a Bay Area tradition since 1970 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. The exhibition halls are converted as bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, forming a living backdrop into Christmas Past.Manny Crisostomo | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
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