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Bucharest Christmas Fair to open on December 1
The Christmas Fair in Bucharest is opening on Romania’s National Day on December 1st, in the Constitution Square and will remain open until December 27, romaniajournal.ro reads. The Bucharest City Hall informed that the Christmas tree this year will be 30 meters high and will be adorned with thousands of Christmas lights.
The fair will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., with plenty of things to do and see around those over 100 huts. Visitors will be able to enjoy Romanian culinary delights, traditional handicraft products, music and dance shows, concerts, as well as an open-air skating rink, creative workshops and the Santa’s House.
The Santa’s House can be visited starting December 1 until the Christmas Eve, from 11:00-13:00 and 17:00-22:00. Children will be able to meet Santa Claus’ elves that help him fulfill children’s wishes. Santa will arrive at the fair on December 16 and will welcome kids in his house from 11:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 22:00 until December 24.
The fair will also host a humanitarian campaign, held every year to encourage visitors to donate books and toys at the entrance to Santa’s house.
Christmas Fair already opened in Sibiu
The traditional famous Christmas Fair in Sibiu, inspired by the Christmas fairs in Germany or Austria, opened last weekend in the city’s historical center, with new guests from abroad attending for the first time. An exhibitor from Germany has come here as a first in the fair’s 11-year tradition, to display its chocolate products.
The fair in Sibiu, boasting a lit 20-meter-high natural fir tree, glittery Christmas lights projected on the buildings surrounding the square and a huge dome of lights, will stay opened until January 3.