Christmas and New Year special - Newcastle City Council

Christmas and New Year special
Christmas and New Year special
Newcastle Christmas markets
Once again, the streets around Grey’s Monument will be buzzing with
life during the weeks leading up until Christmas.
This year, the markets will be taking
advantage of the space which has
opened up with the redevelopment of
Old Eldon Square to really bring the
festive spirit into the heart of the city.
The Continental Market will start on
Monday 24 November until Saturday 6
December. Selling everything from
traditional Russian dolls to French
corduroy caps, scarves and Dutch
pancakes, the market shouldn’t be
missed for your stocking fillers or the
wonderful food and drink on offer –
especially the Bratwurst and Glühwein.
The Christmas Market takes over on
Wednesday 10 December and lasts for
five days until Sunday 14 December.
This is your opportunity to stock up on
those local Christmas goodies which
truly make the season special –
including gorgeous glass, handmade
bags, local photos as well as jams,
puddings, game, stuffing, luxury sweets
and boozy Christmas cakes. The
Christmas Farmers’ Market will be a part
of this market on Friday 12 December.
But don’t worry if you miss out on both
of these markets, there’ll also be
Christmas Arts and Crafts fairs on 13
December and 20 December where local
people will be selling handcrafted goods.
Make your Christmas card choice count
Many of us buy our Christmas cards and support the charity of our
choice at the same time. But it can be a bit of a lottery as you have
to read the small print to see exactly how much the charity gets
from your good will.
Cards for Good Causes are setting up their stall in St Thomas the Martyr Church
at the Haymarket between 17 October and 18 December, Monday to Saturday,
10am to 4pm. The organisation guarantees the charities they support get at
least 79p in every pound spent on the cards they sell. To find out more, visit
www.cardsforcharity.co.uk or phone 01264 361 555.
Recycle your
Christmas
Christmas cards and tree
recycling will be available
across the city.
Residents can take their trees to
temporary collection points and are
asked to ring Envirocall to check where
their nearest point will be. Otherwise
trees can be taken to their local
Household Waste Recycling Centre –
again ring Envirocall for opening times
and nearest locations.
Plain Christmas cards can be put into
the blue recycling bin but not the
black boxes. Only plain cards can be
recycled – cards that are decorated
with glitter or musical cards cannot.
You could also recycle your cards by
dropping them into special bins in
selected shops.
Samia Smith, who plays Maria Connor
in Coronation Street, is supporting the
Woodland Trust Christmas card
recycling campaign. She said “If
everyone recycled just one card it
would help the Woodland Trust plant
15,000 trees, so remember to support
the Woodland Trust Christmas Card
Recycling Scheme and take your cards
to WH Smith, Tesco, TK Maxx or Marks
and Spencer stores to be recycled.”
Envirocall – 0191 274 4000.
Candlelit Christmas Concert Competition
AM Live is once again announcing its Christmas Candlelit Concert
Tour for 2008.
A special atmosphere infuses these concerts with the twinkling magic of
candlelight, the glorious music and the heightened intimacy between musicians and
audience. The seasonally adjusted classical music is conducted by David Haslam,
and performed by the English Philharmonic Ensemble and its chorus, The Singers.
18 December St George’s Church, Jesmond and also at Hexham Abbey on 20
December. Phone 0191 277 8003 or visit the Tourist Information Centre in the
Central Arcade. Tickets are also available from www.candlelitconcerts.com.
Candlelit Christmas
We’ve got eight pairs of tickets to give away for the
concert at St George’s Church. For a chance to win, tell
us who is conducting the music at the concert?
David Tennant David Haslam Sue Perkins
Name .............................................................................................
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Please send your entry to Freepost Citylife by 24 November 08.
Please put all competitions and coupons in one envelope.
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Get an arty glow
this winter
The annual NewcastleGateshead Winter
Festival returns this year with events that
are guaranteed to light up the dark nights of
December. Highlights of this free festival
include:
Enchanted Parks Gateshead’s Saltwell Park is
transformed into a magical setting for after-dark
fairy tales, through atmospheric installations, light,
sound and performance. Enchanted Parks runs from
Thursday 4 – Tuesday 14 December
Glow 08 creates a trail around the city, illuminating
some of Newcastle’s historic town walls. Using
light projections to present and join together sites
around the city, the trail aims to reveal buildings,
spaces and views often unknown to tourists and
local residents of NewcastleGateshead. Glow runs
from Thursday 11 – Monday 15 December
Glowmobiles Newcastle will be the place to be this
New Year’s Eve as the whole city is transformed and
illuminated by the magnificent Glowmobiles parade.
Returning for this year’s extravaganza, the
magically mechanical art cars will be parading
around Newcastle – some will breathe fire, some
make music and others will explode with fireworks.
The event will end in an early evening firework
spectacular at Newcastle Civic Centre.
The festival also includes some traditional favourites
including pantomimes, performances, Christmas light
switch-ons and ice-skating as well as concerts and
winter markets, making NewcastleGateshead a great
place to visit this winter.
Glow On!
Go Glow Time from Worlds Apart helps teach
children about the bedtime and morning routines
by introducing ‘time’ in a fun and simple way.
Using illuminated scenes, children put their favourite
character to ‘sleep’ and set their wake up time,
learning to stay in bed until it’s daytime. A nightlight
also reassures little ones. Priced at £19.99. Visit
www.worldsapart.com for more information.
Go Glow Time competition
For a chance to win a Go Glow Time, tell us
which character is in ‘In the Night Garden’:
Iggle Piggle
Postman Pat
Tinky Winky
Name ........................................................
Address .....................................................
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Postcode ...................................................
Please send your entry to Freepost Citylife
by 24 November 08. Please put all
competitions and coupons in one envelope.
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