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Events in December

This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events. In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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Angus & Dundee

• Boxing Day Bonanza, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus & Dundee

Ayrshire & Arran

• Christmas Gala Concert, Grand Hall, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire & Arran
• Christmas Street Party, Girvan, Ayrshire & Arran

Bath

• Carols by Candlelight, The Pump Room, Bath, Bath
• Ceremony of Carols, Bath Abbey, Bath, Bath
• Christmas Concert, Bath Abbey, Bath, Bath
• Handel 'Messiah', Bath Abbey, Bath, Bath

Bedfordshire

• Christmas Magic, Mead Open Farm , Billington, Bedfordshire

Berkshire

• Hearts First Santa Jog – Reading, Reading, Berkshire
• Royal Windsor Ice Rink, Windsor, Berkshire
• Woodley Winter Extravaganza, Woodley, Berkshire

Borders

• Winter Wonderland, Floors Castle, Kelso, Borders

Bristol

• Breaking the Chains , British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Temple Meads, Bristol

Buckinghamshire

• Puppet World, Odds Farm Park , High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
• Visit Santa, Odds Farm Park , High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

• Boxing Day Racing, Huntingdon Racecourse, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
• Festival of Carols and Lessons, King's College Chapel, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

• Tatton Christmas Concerts, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
• Tatton Gift Fair, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire

Cleveland/Teesside

• Greatham Sword Dance, Greatham, Cleveland/Teesside

County Durham

• Durham Christmas Festival, Various Venues, Durham, County Durham
• Victorian Christmas Market , The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham

Cumbria

• Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair and Procession, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria
• Made in Cumbria Food and Craft Fair, Market Place, Cockermouth, Cumbria
• Whitehaven Male Voice Choir, St Begh's Church, Whitehaven, Cumbria

Derbyshire

• Bonnie Prince Charlie Commemoration, Derby, Derbyshire
• Santa Special & Christmas Market, Crich Tramway Village, Matlock, Derbyshire

Devon

• Antique Fair, Newton Abbot Racecourse, Newton Abbot, Devon
• Christmas Craft Fair, Tiverton Pannier Market, Tiverton, Devon
• Colyton Christmas Fayre, Colyton, Devon
• Exmouth Craft Fairs, The Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth, Devon
• St Nick's Fair, Kingsbridge, Devon
• WINTER WONDERLAND, Babbacombe Model Village, Torquay, Devon

Dorset

• Carol Service, Farmer Palmer's Farm Park, Poole, Dorset
• Christkindlmarkt, Dorchester, Dorset
• Santa visits Farmer Palmers, Farmer Palmer's Farm Park, Poole, Dorset

Dumfries & Galloway

• Mabie Fayre, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway
• Royal Air Force Wild Water Racing Canoe Championship, Sanquhar, Dumfries & Galloway

Edinburgh and the Lothians

• Hogmanay Edinburgh, Various venues , Edinburgh, Edinburgh and the Lothians

Essex

• Maldon Mud Race, Maldon, Essex

Fife

• St Andrew's Festival, St Andrews, Fife

Glasgow

• A Passion for Painted Pattern : Raymond Honeyman , Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Glasgow
• Glasgow's Hogmanay, Glasgow, Glasgow
• Hogmanay Gala, Glasgow, Glasgow
• RSNO Christmas Concert, Glasgow, Glasgow

Gloucestershire

• Boxing Day Fun Run, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• Christmas at the Castle, Sudeley Castle, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• Mummers Play, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
• National Synchronised Swimming Championships, GL1, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Grampian

• Hogmany Street Party, Aberdeen, Grampian
• Stonehaven Fireball Festival, Stonehaven, Grampian

Greater Manchester

• Manchester Camerata's New Year Concert, Manchester, Greater Manchester

Hampshire

• Christmas Gala Evenings, Milestones Museum, Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Exbury Santa Steam Specials, Exbury Gardens, Exbury, Hampshire
• Festival of Christmas, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, Hampshire
• Santa Specials, Royal Victoria Railway, Netley Abbey, Hampshire

Herefordshire

• Herefordshire Winter Walking Festival, Queenswood, Hereford, Herefordshire

Hertfordshire

• Christmas Craft Fair, St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire
• Christmas Fun Day , First Garden City Heritage Museum , Letchworth, Hertfordshire

Highlands

• Inverness Hogmanay Fireworks, Inverness, Highlands

Isle of Mull

• Glengorm Castle Cyclocross, Glengorm Castle, Tobermory, Isle of Mull

Kent

• Boxing Day Walk, Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest, Goudhurst, Kent
• Christmas Events , Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Hythe, Kent
• Hoodening, St Nicholas-at-Wade, Kent
• Sandwich Christmas Fayre, St Peters Church, Sandwich, Kent
• Tankerton Christmas Market, Tankerton Road, Whitstable, Kent
• Traditional Christmas Pantomime, Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone, Kent
• Winter Treasure Trail, Leeds Castle, Hollingbourne, Kent

Lancashire

• Garstang Victorian Christmas Festival, Wyre, Lancashire
• Whalley 'Pickwick Night', Whalley Village, Lancashire

Leicestershire

• Melton Mowbray Victorian Christmas Fayre, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

• Lincoln Christmas Market, Castle grounds & town, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

London

• Chickenshed presents Grimm Nights & Everafter Days, The Rayne Theatre at Chickenshed, Southgate , London
• Christmas Carols and Songs, Bank of England Museum, City, London
• Christmas Day Swim, The Serpentine, Hyde Park, London
• Royal Smithfield Show, London
• Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, West End, London

Mid Wales

• Welshpool Winter Festival, Welshpool, Mid Wales

Norfolk

• Christmas Craft Market, Norwich, Norfolk

• CHRISTMAS GIFT FAIR, The Dereham Memorial Hall,, Dereham, Norfolk
• Christmas Tree Festival, Fakenham, Norfolk

North Wales

• Aberdyfi New Year Fireworks Display, Aberdovey, North Wales

North Yorkshire

• Continental Market, Parliament Street, York, North Yorkshire
• Cuneo Exhibition, National Railway Museum’s , York, North Yorkshire
• Holiday Fun,, Fountains Abbey, Nr. Ripon, North Yorkshire
• Knaresborough Edwardian Sunday, Market Square, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
• Search Engine and ‘What’s in Store?’, National Railway Museum’s , York, North Yorkshire
• York Early Music Christmas Festival, , York, North Yorkshire

Northamptonshire

• Christmas Fayre, Manor House Museum, Sheep St, Kettering, Northamptonshire

Northumberland

• Allendale Tar Barrel Ceremony, Allendale, Northumberland
• Northumberland & Borders History Fair, Wentworth Leisure Centre, Hexham, Northumberland

Nottinghamshire

• Xmas market, Old Market Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Orkneys

• Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremonies, Various venues , Orkneys
• Hogmanay Celebrations , Kirkwall, Orkneys
• The Ba (Traditional Street Rugby), Kirkwall, Orkneys

Oxfordshire

• Dickensian Evening, Wantage, Oxfordshire
• New Year Steam Day, Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot, Oxfordshire
• Santa Specials, Cholsey and Wallingford Railway, Wallingford, Oxfordshire
• Thomas Santa Special, Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot, Oxfordshire

Perthshire

• Flambeaux Procession, Comrie, Perthshire
• Taybank Hogmanay Party , Dunkeld, Perthshire

Shetland Isles

• Burravoe Tar Barrel, Yell, Shetland Isles

Shropshire

• Christmas & New Year Festival, Bull Hotel, Ludlow, Shropshire
• Ludlow Festival of Christmas, Ludlow, Shropshire

Somerset

• Dulverton By Starlight, Dulverton, Somerset

South Wales

• Caerphilly Christmas Market , Caerphilly , South Wales
• Cwmcarn Forest Drive Christmas Market , Caerphilly , South Wales
• Medieval Christmas Market, Caerphilly , South Wales
• Wales Rally GB, Cardiff , South Wales
• Winter Wonderland, Cardiff, South Wales

South Yorkshire

• A Real Magical Christmas, Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Christmas Market, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
• Hed Kandi NYE @ Gatecrasher, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Staffordshire

• Bonfire & Firework Extravaganza, Weston Park, Weston-under-Lizard,, Staffordshire
• Burslem Winter Arts Festival, various venues, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
• Glyndebourne on Tour, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
• Shugborough Candlelit Evenings, Shugborough, Stafford, Staffordshire

Suffolk

• Christmas Lunch At Sutton Hoo , Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Surrey

• Christmas Art and Craft Fair, Reigate Methodist Church Hall, Reigate, Surrey

• Classical Muisic Concert, The Barn Church, Attwood Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey
• Hampton Court Palace Ice Rink, Hampton Court, Surrey
• Kaleidoscope, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford, Surrey
• Santa Specials, Rural Life Centre Old Kiln Museum, Tilford, Surrey
• Surrey Guild of Craftsmen, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford, Surrey
• Textile Arts and Crafts by the Southern Guilds of Weavers, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford, Surrey

Sussex

• Burning the clocks - winter solstice celebration, Brighton, Sussex
• Lanes Market, Ship Street, Brighton, Sussex
• Tastes of a Tudor Christmas, Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester, Sussex
• Tree Dressing, Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester, Sussex

Tyne and Wear

• Pudding Run, The Links, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

Warwickshire

• Ice Rink & Slide, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire

West Midlands

• BBC Good Food Show, Birmingham, West Midlands
• Clotheshow Live, Birmingham, West Midlands
• National Christmas Lacemaker's Fair, Birmingham, West Midlands
• New Year's Eve Celebrations, Millennium Point, Birmingham, West Midlands

West Yorkshire

• Clayton Dickensian Market Recreating The Yesteryear, Bradford, West Yorkshire
• Santa Underground, National Coal Mining Museum , Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• Tom Lamb: My Mining Days 1946 - 1969, National Coal Mining Museum , Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Worcestershire

• 1940s Christmas, Croome Park , Severn Stoke, Worcestershire

• Carols at Croome, Croome Park , Severn Stoke, Worcestershire
• Carols at Croome, Croome Park, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire
• Lecture Lunch, Croome Park , Severn Stoke, Worcestershire
• Severn Valley Railway Santa Specials, Severn Valley Railway, Bewdley, Worcestershire

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