Sure, temperatures are dropping and sunsets are creeping earlier — but when has that ever stopped Minnesotans from having wintertime fun?

This is the city of the Winter Carnival, after all. The chilly celebration, which runs this winter from Jan. 22 to Feb. 1, is marking a milestone 140th anniversary.

During the holiday season in particular, from light festivals to North Pole villages, there’s plenty of all-ages family fun to be found all around St. Paul and the east metro. Here are some ideas:

Along with hundreds of indoor lanterns at this colorful festival, you can also catch performances by the AmeriKing Yan Dong Chinese Acrobats. Festival runs 4 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 to 7 p.m. Sundays through the rest of the year; acrobat performances are 6 and 8 p.m. Fridays and Sat

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