Grassington Dickensian Christmas Festival

This past Saturday, we went as a family to a local village called Grassington where they were holding their annual Dickensian Festival. To get there, we took a lovely drive through the Dales. It was gorgeous.When we arrived at Grassington, we quickly found out that we were not the only ones attending this event. They were busing people in by the hundreds!!! The village was packed!Anyway, the festival was a Dickensian (as in Charles Dickens) Christmas Festival which they have every year. As you walked around the village, you could see different people dressed up in period costume. Here are a few examples:The Town CrierThis is my friend Christy with some local drunkards who were questioning her about her "camera" invention. (And yes, my children were afraid of these guys!)As you can imagine, the shops were packed with people. The streets were lined with market stalls selling their wares and some warm food (it was f-f-f-freezing!!). You could even have a go at smashing some crockery (one pound bought you five balls to throw and break as many dishes as you could). But the highlight of our day, was when we came upon the Leeds Morris Men who did a little jig for the crowd. I say this was the highlight because for their second dance they chose Ethan out of the crowd to join them!! What a good sport.

Here he is prepared with his stick. Enjoy the video:


After the dance, they awarded him with a certificate for participating. He was such a good sport. I was so proud of him!