Enjoy the best that Beijing has to offer to families this weekend. As always, click the link in the event title or scan the QR codes for further details and ticketing info.

Friday, Dec 18

Christmas Market at China World Mall

One more place where you can find some handicrafts and perhaps fancier items for those colleagues on your shopping list. And if you don’t get anything you need at the market, they have all those great shops year round!

10am-6pm, 1F 5Lmeet @ Chinaworld – PICK½EAT

Saturday, Dec 19

The Beijing Pizza Cup

Come decide Beijing’s Best Pizza at the Beijinger’s 2020 Pizza Cup Final Four Taste-Off in the cozy confines of Boxing Cat Brewery on Dec 19! We’ll have five sessions, each limited to 100 participants. At the event, you will be served pizza from all Final Four contestants, drink beer and make merry – but this is key: only those present who have tasted all four can choose the ultimate champion for 2020. But scan that QR code and book your table now, because it’s selling fast!

Two-hour slots 11am-10pm, RMB 100-150/seat

Carols for a Cause

It’s a full day of festive fun for a great cause, starting with cookie decorating and games, Santa photo booth, self-defense for kids by Krav Maga Global, then both the MCF Kids Choir and International adult choir. Join anytime for yet another way to help the Migrant Children’s Foundation.

12-6pm, Jin Shang building No. 20, Xinyuanli West Rd Chaoyang, free entry.

A Very Jolly Christmas Market at Culture Yard

Culture Yard reminds you that it’s the last weekend before Christmas day, and their assortment of vendors looks truly unique: handmade stamps by the Teibido Studio, Handmade by Daria, Jules Brochenin, Comptoirs de France, Fentong, The Beijing Experience, Kashmir Heritage Crafts, Charluminous Puzzle and Art, and so much more.

11am-6pm, Culture Yard, Beixinqiao, from Beixinqiao exit C (facing Grandma’s Kitchen), turn left and continue straight for 5 minutes until you see our courtyard on your right, free entry

Sunday, Dec 20

Rumble in the Jumble Winter Solstice Bazaar

Rumble returns with “a hutong holiday market of epic proportions,” where you can enjoy all the wonderful handmade gifts you’ve come to expect from the Rumble in the Jumble vendors, including delicious treats from El Nido this time!

12-6pm. El Nido @ The Other Place, #1 Langjia Hutong, in Gulou.

Kids Club Early Christmas Hike and Gingerbread Baking

The group meets up and takes a lovely walk between two villages, which involves mostly flat land and one big hill. Smaller children may need to be carried. After the walk, you’ll take a bus into a larger village to relax with hot drinks and making gingerbread cookies.

www.beijinghikers.com, info@beijinghikers.com,+86 10 6432-2876, ¥390 / ¥350 members / ¥260 for kids 7–12 / ¥200 for kids 4–6

Festive Christmas Carols for a Cause

We all love the Zarah brunch, and now you get to add Yorkshire Pudding, German Lebkuchen, freshly baked Christmas Cookies, roasted candied almonds, and even more. Plus you just add a wee bit more to get free flow drinks for three hours.

12-3pm, Reservation highly recommended!, 186 10 8403 9807, info@cafezarah.com, Prices range from RMB 98 (6-12 years) – RMB 298

Need to keep the kids occupied over winter? Take look at these Beijing Camps for Dec 2020 – Jan 2021

Images: Courtesy of the event organizers, Pexels