2012 Dickens on the Strand Festival

For more than three decades, characters from Charles Dickens' novels have strolled Galveston's historic Strand during December. Known as Dickens on the Strand, this holiday festival takes visitors back to the Victorian Era as street vendors with push carts work amongst carolers and street musicians, while children busy themselves at the Royal Menagerie Petting Zoo. This year's Dicken's on the Strand Festival is set for Dec. 1-2. Read More