The countdown to the holidays just got a lot more exciting in Calgary. The city is welcoming a brand-new holiday festival, Holiday Wonder.

The festival is debuting at the BMO Centre this year, transforming 100,000 sq. ft. into a festive winter wonderland for visitors of all ages from Nov. 27 to Jan. 3, 2025.

According to the website, guests can enjoy an “indoor, immersive Christmas festival that brings the season to life like never before.”

Festival-goers can explore a life-sized gingerbread house that’s made with real gingerbread, take part in Frosty’s indoor snowball fight zone, go for a ride on Santa’s sleigh simulator, and wander through a twinkling snowflake forest.

There will also be opportunities to take a photo with Santa Claus and write letters to the big man himself, which ca

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