Christmas at the Forum, will be held this year, but with strict COVID-19 guidelines in place.According to the Forum, the event will be held in the Multipurpose Centre in Halifax only, with approximately 100 booths, 7 weekends in a row.

It began on Nov. 6 and will run until Dec. 18. “We will make sure we do not exceed maximum capacity of 200 attendees by providing an online reservation system which will also request your contact information in case we have to do contact tracing,” the forum states on its website.

Once a person books their ticket, they’ll be grouped in a specific time slot.Christmas at the Cove is another event spreading Christmas cheer at Fisherman’s Cove in Eastern Passage amid the pandemic.

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