Tickets are now on sale for Fairytale Farm’s Christmas Fairytale event 2023, which runs on Saturdays and Sundays from 2nd to 10th December, then daily from 11th December to Christmas Eve. Our Grotto is open until 5pm, except on Saturday and Sunday 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th and daily 21st to 24th December, when it remains open until 7pm.

This year’s event will be significantly expanded compared to previous years, with a whole new area that will feature a range of new festive experiences. All the best elements from previous years will remain, such as the cosy and atmospheric Grotto, the Castle walk-through and our spectacular Christmas illuminations.

In this magical and immersive event, you will:

• Check in with Santa’s helper elves and start your journey through the Gingerbread house entrance.
• Pose for a festive photo opportunity.
• Prepare your Santa wish list.
• Pick n mix some reindeer food ready for Christmas Eve.
• Help decorate Santa’s Christmas tree.
• Experience Mother Goose and friends in the Christmas spirit.
• Test your snowball throwing skills while trying to feed Frosty and his snowpals.
• View a special festive version of Mouse Town.

From here you’ll be elf-scorted into a beautiful Fairytale Castle and start your journey from the South Pole to the North Pole. You will meet some interactive dancing penguins, visit the Toymaker in his cosy log cabin and see Santa’s sleigh ready to launch into a clear night sky of twinkling stars. Then you will walk through the Secret Forest to meet Father Christmas himself in his charming Grotto, which evokes an atmosphere of Christmas past.

The aim is to provide a relaxed and personal visit to the Grotto, with time for your entire family to meet and greet Santa, take your own photographs with him, and watch your children’s faces light up as Santa gives each of them a wrapped present. Santa is just how you would expect him to be – magical, very friendly and wanting to spend time chatting with your little ones, asking them what they would like for Christmas and if they have been good this year!

Christmas Adventure trail activities:

• Join in the search for Santa’s favourite Christmas Eve snacks and receive an ‘I’ve been Elfed’ treat.
• Have festive fun amongst the fairy lights in our Fairy Dell play area.
• Search for fossils in our claw-some illuminated Dino Dig.
• Pan for gold under the festoon of lights on the ridge of Dino Valley.
• Meet Jolly the Elf at our International Elf Post Sorting Station. Jolly will make sure your wish list gets to the right place and take you through some Elf Etiquette Training! You can discover your secret elf name, learn the ‘Elf Code’ and take the ‘Elf Oath’ to become a certified Trainee Santa Elf! Jolly will also award you with your ‘I’ve been Elfed’ treat.
• Pose for a festive photo shoot in a sleigh like Santa’s.
• Pet and learn some adorable animal facts. And if you wish, leave them a festive treat in their stockings!

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