Christmas is celebrated around the world with a lot of enthusiasm. Traditional Christmas festivities, foods and events remain the major things to focus on during the yuletide season and London is the best place in the world to enjoy all these at their best.
London’s Christmas celebrations are widely written about as millions throng the city to indulge in them. London is where you can fill the stockings with interesting Christmas presents while sipping on mulled wine or hot chocolate. With Christmas festivals, fairs and events taking place at the various parks, museums, theatres, high streets and cathedrals of the city, London turns into a dazzling core of fun and activities.
The chic English capital is famous for its fashion weeks. Londoners are highly fashionable people and love to shop for the latest fashion clothing and accessories. The city is home to the best high streets in the world that become popular tourist attractions during the Christmas season due to festive lightings and shopping. Oxford Street remains the highlight every year with all the major stores including the Selfridges, Marks & Spencer, House of Fraser and John Lewis offering special promotions to attract shoppers. Children are presented with exciting gifts at many stores and shops on taking part in interactive games and puzzles.
For pantomime fans, London becomes a paradise during the Christmas season with many theatres hosting stage adaptations of world famous folk tales. Children and adults alike are sure to have loads of fun in the capital watching the panto version of Aladdin, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Dick Wittington, The Gruffalo and The Snowman. Even CBBC’s popular duo, Dan Clarkson and Jeff Turner will also be back this year to make everyone roll on the ground with laughter with their hilarious panto performance. Tickets for all the pantomimes to be held in the city are already up for sale and you must lay your hands on them as soon as possible or you will repent later on.
Family holidayer’s can take their children to the various grottos hosted in different shopping districts of the city. Nothing can give you more pleasure than seeing your child sit in the lap of Santa and have his/her wish list fulfilled by Santa himself. You can look forward to take your children to Harrods department store to see an exquisite grotto there. Hyde Park Winter Wonderland also offers you a true dose of Christmas as anyone can access Santa’s grotto installed there without any cost. Even the legendary Selfridges will not leave any stone unturned in pleasing its young visitors by letting them meet the man in red, his elves and a cheeky snowman in its premises.
One of the major highlights of Christmas activities in London is ice skating. London boasts an amazing array of ice rinks that will see hundreds of people spinning on ice in Christmas 2011. The most favorite ice rink remains the one at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland where skating buffs can enjoy twirling under a starlit sky. Visitors have many fantastic options to choose from when it comes to ice skating. Skating at the ice rink in the Tower of London also offers you a great opportunity to skate in the backdrop of popular London attractions. Other popular ice rinks in London are hosted at the Somerset House and the Natural History Museum.
Last but not the least thing to do during Christmas celebrations in London is to enjoy in the festive glow of glittering Christmas lights. All the high streets of the city are illuminated with especially designed lighting displays and the lights are turned on by popular Hollywood celebrities at major locations in the city.
