Christmas

• The best Christmas 2024 dinner boxes delivered

  

  Forget scrabbling for supermarket delivery spots. Here's how to get everything you need for lunch on Christmas Day delivered to your door this year. 

• The Aldi Pigs in Blankets restaurant is back

  

  Last year, Aldi launched a pigs in blankets restaurant with unlimited servings of the Christmas staple. It must have been a success because they're back at it again, this time in Shoreditch.

  As before, they will be serving up unlimited portions of pigs in blankets (as well as a glass of prosecco) although you are limited to an hour. This year, they're promising six courses which will include a Pig in

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• London's first Christmas sandwich festival is happening this weekend

  

  If you've been avidly checking our Christmas sandwich round-up for new additions and literally can't wait to work your way through a seasonal sarnie selection then a festival happening this weekend in London has your name all over it. Sarnie Party: Christmas Special sees over 20 of the UK's top chefs taking part to showcase their take on the best sandwich of the year.

  The three day festival taking place at

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• Ole & Steen go all out for Christmas 2024

  

  This year's Ole & Steen Christmas collection features everything from the perfect Christmas sandwich to Cinnamon Social-inspired socks. 

• The best food and drink Advent calendars for Christmas 2024

  

  We've rounded the best food and drink Advent calendars for Christmas 2024 that should suit the food folk in your lives (or just be a sneaky present for yourself).

• This winter you can stroll across London on a mulled wine trail

  

  Christmas season has now properly kicked off, and as the nights get colder the idea of mulled wine becomes very attractive. Making the most of that is a wine bar group in London that's created a mulled wine trail. 

  Coming from the people behind the new wine bar Quill (in Borough Yards) and Plume (in Covent Garden) the trail is between those two venues, starting at either one (just turn up, no

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• Spice up your Christmas Day festivities this year - spend the day at Straits Kitchen in the City

   

  

  Don't fancy cooking Christmas Day lunch at home, and want to try something different this year? Straits Kitchen in the City may be just the place for you. 

• Velvet Pines festive dining experience will serve up cocktails and cabaret

  

  It may currently be shorts and t-shirts weather here in London but there are plenty of businesses who are already making plans for the festive period. Cue immersive entertainment group Swamp Motel which has designs on your Christmas parties.

  They're opening a dining experience in London Bridge which will transport diners from the streets of SE1 into the mountain hotel and ski resort, Velvet

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• The Kingdom of Winter Christmas 'experience' takes over ExCel this December

  

  For years now Winter Wonderland has been the big draw of the festive season. But this Christmas another big opening is hoping to take it on. Kingdom of Winter is going to be an absolutely massive winter 'experience' with the biggest draw being the fact that it's under cover, at ExCel.

  The whole space is going to be more than 21,000 square feet. There'll be an ice rink, fairground rides, an ‘Ice Expedition’

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• Restaurants open for lunch in London on Christmas Day 2022 (archive)

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  Take the stress and strain out of perfectly timing the turkey or wasting time over the washing up. Here's our pick of the best restaurants open in London for Christmas lunch.

• The Greggs and Primark Christmas drop is going to be popular

  

  Got a cousin or colleague you haven't the first clue what to get for Christmas or Secret Santa? Well Greggs and Primark reckon they've got the answer to that particular festive conundrum.

  Tomorrow they're dropping a whole bunch of seasonal merch that's going to find its way under many a Christmas tree this year. The 24 piece collab includes fur-lined Greggs clogs, a Greggs bobble hat and even sausage roll inspired

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• StreetSmart launch their festive campaign with restaurants and diners supporting the homeless

  

  It must be nearly Christmas as StreetSmart’s annual campaign has just kicked off across the UK, bringing nearly 550 restaurants together to raise money for people suffering homelessness, with a simple £1 on the bill during November and December.

  Barrafina, Ottolenghi, St John, as well as the restaurants within Harvey Nichols, Selfridges along with the D&D London, JKS and MEATliquor restaurant

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• Celebrate the start of the festive season with Carnaby

  

  Head to Carnaby London this Christmas for festive feasting, amazing lights and the best of Christmas shopping. 

• Fancy being the first to try this year's Pret Christmas sandwich? Here's how.

  

  If you consider yourself a true aficionado of Christmas sarnies, then an upcoming event has your name all over it. Many consider the reveal of the Pret Christmas sandwich, along with the first showing of the John Lewis Christmas ad, to be the official start of the festive season. This year, the store is inviting a select group of seasonal sarnie nuts to join it for the launch.

  200 tickets are going on sale for

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• Heston is bringing cheese-laced mince pies to the table this Christmas

  

  Every year, there's this thing called "Christmas in July", where the big shops all parade their Christmas offerings for the year and it's always this time because of the longer time needed to plan print publications. It's been a little quieter this year than others, but Waitrose have just unveiled their Christmas offering, and Heston Blumenthal has made some rather dramatic changes to

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