Articles tagged ‘Christmas’
Christmas church services in London
By Chris | December 20th, 2007 |
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There was a story this week about about Catholic churches across Britain starting the traditional Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve a few hours early this year because of the problem of drunks rolling out of the pub and into the church, disrupting proceedings and people trying to enjoy the service.
Its a shame if some [...]
British Transport Police launch Operation Blitzen
By Chris | December 13th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Christmas is one of the busiest party times of the year in London with people crowding into the centre of town to enjoy the season with friends or to have a big night out with work colleagues.
The British Transport Police have launched Operation Blitzen on the London Underground, a high visibility campaign to target [...]
Royal Parks free events in December
By Chris | December 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
London’s Royal Parks provide the capital with some fantastically well maintained and presented open spaces and parks and throughout the year they offer the public a wide range of events to come along and experience, the majority of which are free. This month there are a number activities taking place, most with a Christmas connection, [...]
Christmas Deluxe at Covent Garden
By Chris | December 4th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
London’s famous Covent Garden is really getting into the festive spirit with a programme of special events from now until 23 December under the title Christmas Deluxe.
Covent Garden’s cobbled piazza and market draw huge numbers of people throughout the year and Christmas Deluxe aims to be another reason to visit by adding a gourmet food [...]
Kenwood House Christmas Fair
By Chris | November 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The beautiful Kenwood House on the western side on Hampstead Heath is holding a Christmas Fair from now until 27 January 2008. Kenwood House was built in the early 17th century and left to the nation in the 1920s by Lord Iveagh. If you’re going for a walk on Hampstead Heath its quite easy not [...]
The start of the Christmas weekend
By Chris | December 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Well the weekends here, pretty much everyone in the UK will be getting next week off work and a lake full of alcohol is probably about to get drunk. For anyone out and about in London be safe and have a Merry Christmas, here’s one of the best Christmas songs to get you in the [...]
Some things to do in London over Christmas
By Chris | December 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If you’re looking for some way’s to enjoy a traditional Christmas over the coming week here are a few things happening in London.
Hampton Court Palace in west London has a number of events going on including their last night of Christmas Carolling, tonight starting at 6pm. It costs £6 to join in with a brass [...]
Christmas services in London
By Chris | December 20th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If you’re in London over Christmas and want to get into the meaning of the season, at least before the pubs open, here are some of the major churches in central London and the services that they are having on Christmas Day.
Westminster Abbey On Christmas Eve at 11.30pm there’s a First Eucharist of Christmas & [...]
Christmas with the workmates
By Chris | December 14th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If you’ve got a Christmas party with your office work colleagues lined up for next week, maybe this clip from the BBC series The Office will get you in the party spirit.
‘It’s behind you’ time in London theatre’s
By Chris | December 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
One of the traditions of a British Christmas is for younger kids to be taken to see a pantomime or Panto as its commonly called. Panto is a live theatre production, done in a knockabout style, of classic children’s stories such as Peter Pan, Aladdin, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and others in a [...]
