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Anna Fader

Founder of Mommy Poppins

A fourth-generation Brooklynite, Anna started Mommy Poppins in 2007 to help families find the best things to do with kids in NYC, with a particular emphasis on sharing activities that are free, affordable, and enriching. The site, used by millions of families, has grown to become the ultimate resource for parents in the major US cities, plus travel guides for 100s of destinations.

Anna is a believer in the magic of summer camps, traveling with kids, and that you can raise kids on a budget and still have a rich life full of amazing memories. Anna's first Mommy Poppins book, The Young Traveler's Journal and Activity Book, published in 2025 and co-written with her daughter, Amelia Eigerman, brings that ethos to life, in addition to this website.

Latest posts by Anna

Best Holiday Light Shows

Submitted by Anna Fader on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 7:45am

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Earlier in the week we wrote about some of the outrageous Christmas light displays on houses around NYC. But, here are some places to see more traditional Holiday Light Shows:

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Santa Letter 2.0: How Technology is Bringing Santa to Life for Kids

Submitted by Anna Fader on Wed, 12/17/2008 - 9:36am

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Santa and technology are not two things that immediately seem to go together. Santa has been the ultimate luddite; 1500 years old and he never even upgraded to a motorized vehicle, for pete's sake. But this year Santa is getting his geek on with some fun hi-tech tools and social media solutions that bring the jolly old elf to life for kids.

Check out how technology has upgraded Santa Claus this year:

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Recent Press: Spending less on the Holidays, Family Travel and Favorite Charities

Submitted by Anna Fader on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 9:00pm

inthenews.gifI've been quoted in a couple of cool articles recently that I think you might find interesting. Two of them are about saving money during the Holidays or when traveling, and the third is about Holiday charities. Check out what other people are writing about on some topics near and dear to me:

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Free Play December 12-13, 2008: Free Indoor Play, Sinterklass and Festival of Lights

Submitted by Anna Fader on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 8:09am

200812120009.jpgSome of my favorite holiday events are this weekend: All those wacky events in our Off-Beat and Multicultural Holiday Events post are all this weekend. So if you missed that check it out here. And if you haven't taken a look at our round-up of the best Nutcracker performances for kids, find that post here.

Below we've picked out just the cream of the crop of other cool events for this weekend, where we think you'll find something new and interesting for the whole family.

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Great Gift Idea: A Night at the Museum Sleepover

Submitted by Anna Fader on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 7:27am

200812092319.jpgThis site is dedicated to helping parents find all the amazing, cool, once-in-a-lifetime events that you don't have to spend a fortune to take advantage of, but there are some events that are worth the splurge. A Night at the Museum Sleepover is one of them and would make a terrific Holiday Gift.

The American Museum of Natural History invites families to spend a night exploring the museum after everyone else has gone home and camp out in one of the exhibit halls. My daughter was lucky enough to be invited to do this with a friend who received the sleepover as a gift. What an amazing present! And they had such a great time.

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Help Others By Helping Yourself to Some Free Knitting Lessons for Kids

Submitted by Anna Fader on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 7:09am

200812082306.jpgI recently wrote about how to find charity activities you can do with your kids. I like the fact that there are some organizations that make volunteering fun and feel not that different than any activity you might do with your children, but for a good cause. I just found out about one such event this weekend: A charity knit-off for teens and tweens.

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Spectacular Holiday Giveaway Winners

Submitted by Anna Fader on Sun, 12/07/2008 - 11:54pm

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Wow! This was a really fun and super popular giveaway event. We gave away over $2000 worth of prizes, my inbox is completely jammed with all of your entries and I've gotten lots of nice comments from your friends, who are happy to have learned about the site, so thank you for sharing it with them. And, welcome to our new readers.  

But here's what you really want to know... Who won!

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Last minute weekend activities: More school fairs and shopping events

Submitted by Anna Fader on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 4:15pm

snowflakes1.jpgI asked and you delivered. Here are three more school fairs with rummage sales and other inexpensive shopping opportunities going on this weekend, in addition to the ones we already have in our events calendar.

Also read below about another Brooklyn Holiday shopping event with free activities and discounts.

Some last minute events, I thought were to good to skip.

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