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Christmas is made bougie at Hycroft

> ‘Christmas at Hycroft’ event review

Sonam Kaloti
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hristmas at Hycroft is about five times

more bougie than any other Christmas
event I’ve been to this year. It isa Christmas
fair located at Hycroft Manor in Vancouver.
The event ran from November 15 to 18.

The admission price was a hefty $15,
which is a little too much fora student—
though it was still worth about $10 just
for the ambience. The people walking
around looked straight out of a poster
for Holt Renfrew, dressed in tuxedos
and Christmas dresses garnished with
furs and bowler hats. There was a certain
Breakfast at Tiffany's vibe that my friend
and I tarnished with our hoodies and
sweatpants. | will not deny the hundreds of
judging looks and left cheeks from vendors
and fellow consumers alike, but overall that
situation is one to look back on and make
fun of ourselves for.

The vendors were decent. There
were many flavoured chocolates, fudge,
candy, and many types of nuts. In one
very cute bakery room vendors sold fudge
and candies, but they also sold classic
Christmas foods such as gingerbread

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cookies and Christmas pudding.

Other vendors sold a variety of
different items: T-shirts, jewellery,
hats, scarves, paintings, soaps,
and a whole lot more. Everything
was overpriced for my budget.

For example, there was a box with
about seven different types of
beauty care items which was on
sale for $400. From the looks of it
though, there were attendees who
could have afforded many of those
boxes.

The mansion itself is beautiful.
It has three floors, each of which
had a different theme at the fair.
The bottom floor is largely taken
up by two halls. This is where the
vendors were set up.

The main floor had some
rooms with more vendors as well, but there
were also some rooms to look at which
were simply decorated for the holidays.

For example, the foyer was expansive and
gorgeously decorated. A large Christmas
tree stood in the corner, and the rest of
the room was lit by wreaths and holiday
lights. The grand staircase was accented by
paintings hanging on the side walls.

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Upstairs, there wasn't much to see.
There were a few rooms with some vendors,
but the most exciting part was a hallway
decorated completely by paintings.

Outside, large pillars that stand at the
entrance to the mansion had been swathed
with lights. In front of the pillars posed a
large reindeer statue, which appeared to be
guarding the mansion.

Walking around felt like being

  

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transported to the olden days of pearl
necklaces, curtseys, and waltzing around
during a ball. The creaky wooden floors

of the manor and the distant sounds of a
woman singing to piano accompaniment
catered to this ambience. Witnessing all of
the many lights, the trees, and the people
dressed to the nines was a spectacle to be
seen. I’m not sure I'd go next year, but it is
an event to experience at least once.

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