Things To Do In The Christmas Holidays

This is a special treat you can make ahead of Christmas Eve for the kiddies to open up! It doesn’t have to be expensive either, it cna be made of things you already have at home!

Grab a box and wrap it up or tie a ribbon around the box and fill it with festive treats. From Christmas PJs, a homemade hot chocolate kit, some mini-games, Christmas DVDs (if you have any), tasty treats and anything else Christmassy that you can think of.

It’s a festive gift your kids can open up on Christmas Eve and enjoy!

If you’re looking to get away for a few days before Christmas comes, or for Christmas then you can book a staycation at many family parks such as Butlins, Center Parcs, Bluestone Resort and many more!

A Christmas staycation is the perfect getaway from work and school life for everyone and a treat for you and the family to enjoy together.

If you do want to get away, it’s best to book now rather than later, because places are getting booked up!

London is a truly stunning city to travel to during the festive season. Everywhere you go, you’re met with a sprinkle of magic, the glistening of Christmas lights, the hustle and bustle of Christmas crowds and the delicious smell of festive treats.

There’s an entire day’s worth of activities and things to do in London for Christmas, whether you go to a theatre show, Christmas afternoon tea bus or Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland and Santa’s Grotto.

But if you just want a low-key, inexpensive trip, then hunting for the Christmas light installation is the perfect activity to fuel your festive spirit. Here are the best locations for the Christmas lights this year:

• Carnaby Street
• Covent Garden
• Marylebone
• Belgravia
• Regent Street
• Oxford Street
• Bond Street
• Mayfair
• Greenwich Market
• Seven Dials
• Chelsea
• The Shard
• Trafalgar Square

London is the perfect place to experience festive family days, whether you’ve found a festive event or heading to the family favourite Hyde Park Winter Wonderland! If you’re looking for a magical time with your kiddies, the beautiful city of London is the best place to be.

The Stick Man brings Julia Donaldson’s beloved story to life with a captivating blend of live performance, music, and puppetry. Follow Stick Man’s heartwarming journey as he tries to return to his family tree for Christmas, encountering a host of quirky characters along the way.

This lively adaptation is packed with laughs, energy, and interactive moments, making it the perfect outing for families with young kids. With catchy songs, imaginative staging, and plenty of surprises, the Stick Man Theatre Show delivers an unforgettable experience that will leave audiences of all ages smiling from ear to ear.

If you really want to make your kids festive season extra extra special, then this will really excite them and get them into the Christmas spirit.

You’ll find plenty of video chats with Santa Claus online, or on apps or with our VIP Pass where you can buy a private video call with either Santa Claus!

With Santa’s Calling You, you can choose to either have a call with Santa, Mrs Claus or one of his Elves from the North Pole! Simply book a time and date, tell them some information that you want them to know prior to the call, and wait for the magical day when your kids can talk to any of them! The Christmas spirit will truly be alive with this magical experience.

If you received lots of Christmas cards this year, a great way to showcase them can be by sticking them on the wall in a Christmas tree shape!

Start from the bottom with 6 cards, then the next row will be 5 and so on until you reach the top! It’s a jolly, fun thing to do in the holidays and a lovely way to display your Christmas cards.

During the holidays, a great activity to help with the Christmas Day meal and to involve/occupy your kids is to give them the important task of creating the centrepiece for your Christmas Day meal!

Whether they fill a jar full of red, white and green chocolate balls and top it off with some tinsel. A wintery jar with a fake snow blanket, some paper snowflakes stuck to the sides of the jar, white/silver tinsel, and some white flowers on the top. Or just a mini Christmas tree and fairy lights!

Whatever they feel like creating, get them involved! Just provide them with the materials you’d like, and let’s see what they come up with. A cute and interactive thing your kids can do in the Christmas holidays, in preparation for the big day.

If you have an afternoon or evening that you’d like to fill with a winter activity that gets the heart pumping and excitement building, then ice skating is a brr-illiant thing to do. Whether you find an outdoor ice rink or an undercover ice skating rink that you can visit whatever the weather!

It involves the whole family and occupies you for hours, making a fun and cherishable memory to brighten your Christmas this holiday season. Don’t forget the sweet treats at the end of your session.

Our favourite ice skating experience is Epsom On Ice, and after your skating session, you can enjoy a hot chocolate! So, get your skates on and head down to this brand-new ice rink for the season of 2024!

Wrap up warm and head outside as you wander through some beautiful light trail! Whether it’s at Chester Zoo, Glow Marwell or RHS Gardens, you’ll find festive lights illuminating the light.

Discover stunning animal-themed lanterns, mythical creatures, or even fire gardens – a light trail is a stunning immersive experience that you’ll never forget.

We have a whole host of light displays and light festivals for you to discover! It’s time to light the bright lights make your Christmas merry and bright! Plus, most light trails are in the midst of breathtaking scenery!

We’ve already had snow this November, so it’s more of a possibility that we’ll get snow in December too! And if we do, you know what that means? A family snowball fight!

It’s time to get your game face on and see who can come out on top!