Looking to visit a destination to give you the Christmas joy and smiles? Everyone needs a season to remember, and Dubai Festival City Mall’s Winter Wonderland is the place to be for the biggest and most magical free festive experience with all that you can imagine wrapped in one location.
With a setup spread across Festival Bay, the Winter Wonderland will be themed around this magical season and provide visitors with an unforgettable festive experience including children’s workshops and photo opportunities. The Winter Wonderland will enchant guests from 8th December to 30th December, 2pm to 10 pm daily with highlights including an elf’s workshop, , daily tree lighting, a letterbox to send letters direct to the man himself, a dedicated kids arts and crafts station and of course no festive experience is complete without a Santa’s Grotto which will be offering meet and greet with Santa from 5pm-9pm daily.
The fun kicks off TONIGHT with the inaugural tree lighting at 6pm and guests witnessing the arrival of Santa in style while enjoying snowflakes falling and many more enchanting surprises.
Dubai Festival City Mall’s festive experience is the perfect destination for the whole family. Visitors can enjoy the special lighting of the tree performance every evening at 6pm with snowfall followed by an IMAGINE show of the popular hit ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’.
Speaking ahead of this year’s celebrations, Hayssam Hajar, General Manager, Dubai Festival City Mall said: ”As a destination that stands for celebration, we are delighted to bring back our festive experience, something that has become a stalwart of the Dubai Festive Season. This year our customers have told us they want to be able to immerse themselves in the spirit of the season throughout the month; therefore, we have designed our Winter Wonderland, so our visitors have even more reasons to visit during December. We are committed to delivering daily exceptional experiences and will end the year on a high with the most festive experience in Dubai.”
Visitors can also take the hassle out of wrapping – those that spend AED 300 or more can have Dubai Festival City Mall wrap their items for them to take home and put under the tree. While visiting, guests can also enjoy Ripe by the Bay which spoils customers with for choice with food options, locally made buys, live entertainment, and activities—in addition to the ever popular IMAGINE show.
Full Schedule:
| Activity | Timing | Occurrence |
| Tree Lighting Ceremony | 6pm | Daily |
| IMAGINE Show | 6pm | Daily |
| Roaming entertainment Bells on Stilts Skating Bauble | 3 times a day for 20 mins | 9,10,11,16,17,18,23,24,25,30 Dec 1,6,7,8 Jan |
| Santa’s Grotto | 5pm-9pm | Daily |
| Roaming entertainment: Winter Fairy, Gingerbread Man, and Nutcracker | 6:00pm – 6:30pm with tree lighting ceremony on Festival Bay, Festival Square (10min) IKEA (10 min) 7:15pm – 7:45pm The Bay (10min) Festival Square (10min) M&S (10 min) 9:15pm – 9:45pm The Bay (10min) Festival Square (10min) CenterPoint (10 min) | Daily |
The Festive Experience is being brought back in line with strict adherence to all government regulations and guidelines to ensure the safety of all visitors and employees.
