Your Travel Planner’s Top Picks for what to do in London this Christmas
Looking for ideas for what to do in London this Christmas has only one problem; there’s so much to choose from! Here are Your Travel Planner’s Top 3 Picks to help you plan a visit to London:
Carol Singing in Trafalgar Square
Seeing the Christmas tree and carol singing in Trafalgar Square is a favourite thing to do for many. Each year since 1947, a Christmas tree has been given to the people of London from the people of Norway in gratitude for Britain’s support for Norway during World War II. It’s lovely to be in Trafalgar Square to listen to and join in the programme of traditional carol singing.
This free event takes place in the evenings, generally from 5pm to 9pm, from Monday 7 to Tuesday 22 December 2009.
See a Show
London really excels in adding to the already fantastic list of shows at Christmas time. A classic family favourite is is The Snowman at Holborn’s Peacock Theatre (to 10 Jan). Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at Sadler’s Wells (10 Dec to 24 Jan) and Annie Get Your Gun at the Young Vic (to 9 Jan) have also been recommended by YTP friends.
Catch a FREE event at the Southbank Centre
The Southbank Centre regularly hosts free events, performances and exhibitions and this Christmas is no exception. Highlights from their free events programme include:
- World Press Photo 2009 (to 13 Dec), with 196 award-winning photographs from across the globe capturing the most powerful, moving and at times disturbing images of the year
- Christmas Slow Food Market (19-22 Dec), the perfect place to browse and buy delicious Christmas fare; 40 specially selected traders tempt you with produce from known and sustainable sources
- The Magnets (23 Dec); who needs instruments when you’ve got a six-man a cappella group creating infectious tunes and rhythms just with their voices? (I saw this group in the Summer and they’re fantastic!)
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Jacqui Prout
Friday, December 11th, 2009 at 10:22 am
I have a day of festive fun arranged for next week. Here is the intenary
We are starting off at Borough Market to see, smell and maybe taste some lovely Christmas food. Then jumpring on a bus across the river to the Kingsland Road to see the Christmas Past exhibition at the Geffrye Museum http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/ then another bus ride through the city and on to Trafalgar Square for the carol singing around the tree. Much better to travle by bus so you can see all the lights and tress as it gets dark.