The Harvard Square Holiday Fair, one of the oldest and most popular fairs in Boston, celebrates its 37th season. This year the fair will be held at a new location: One Brattle Square, at street level.   The fair is juried and includes a changing mix of New England craftspeople and world traveling importers. There is always a great selection of original and affordable gifts. Talking to the craftspeople who make what they are selling gives shoppers a connection to the gifts they are buying that is just not possible at the mall, through a catalogue or online.

It’s a high-energy alternative marketplace with a great soundtrack, where people see old friends and make new ones – a taste of the old Harvard Square.