{"id":6685,"date":"2013-12-03T12:22:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T11:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=6685"},"modified":"2013-12-05T15:43:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T14:43:30","slug":"it%e2%80%99s-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas-as-jacqueline-from-whatsonni-com-shares-her-pick-of-family-events-taking-place-this-week-across-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/12\/it%e2%80%99s-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas-as-jacqueline-from-whatsonni-com-shares-her-pick-of-family-events-taking-place-this-week-across-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as Jacqueline from whatsonni.com shares her pick of family events taking place this week across the North!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Have\u00a0a magical time at Castle Espie this Christmas. This Saturday and Sunday you can meet Santa in his magical grotto, enjoy story-telling, have a go at making Christmas crafts between 10am and 4.30pm, follow the Christmas trail, enjoy toasted marshmallows in the Crannog and send your Christmas wish list to Santa through our post room.<\/p>\n

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The Festive Food Fair at the Burnavon on Saturday 7th December will be open from \u00a010am to 5pm this Saturday 7th<\/sup> December, \u00a0bringing together a host of quality food producers and distributors in the one location and you are invited to drop by. The Festive Food Fair is your ideal opportunity to stock up with all those special goodies \u2013 puddings, cakes, bakes, chutneys and preserves \u2013 as well as to sample and order fresh produce from local suppliers in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n

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Anything Goes<\/a>, presented by Enniskillen Light Operatic Society<\/a> at the Ardowen Theatre, 5th to 14th December\u00a0is a giddy explosion of escapist romance, combining old fashioned farce, extended dance breaks and light, breezy songs. Set in 1934 with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, the action takes place on the S. S. American, sailing from\u00a0New York\u00a0to England. With such\u00a0 memorable songs such as; \u2018I Get a Kick Out of You\u2019, \u2018It\u2019s De-Lovely\u2019, \u2018Anything Goes\u2019 and \u2018Blow, Gabriel, Blow\u2019, this show will definitely turn up the heat on dark December days!<\/p>\n

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Derry<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Santa is coming to Springhill Moneymore on\u00a07th-8th<\/sup> and 14th-15th December.\u00a0 Visit Santa and Twinkle-Boots in the grotto and see the house festively decorated for Christmas.\u00a0\u00a0 With children\u2019s crafts, mulled wine and mince pies, this will be a magical Christmas you will never forget. Booking essential<\/p>\n

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Armagh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Begin your Christmas celebrations in style with Armagh City Choir’s performance of Handel’s Messiah on Friday 6th December in St Malachy’s Church, Irish Street, Armagh.\u00a0 Handel’s masterpiece has become a Favourite particularly at Christmas time with pieces such as “Unto us a Child is Born” and of course the rousing “Hallelujah Chorus”.\u00a0\u00a0 Joining the choir are brilliant local soloists and a guest orchestra to make this a moving performance in the majestic setting of St Malachy’s church. Please join us for a memorable night of music.<\/p>\n

Antrim<\/strong>
\nStep inside a magical, twinkling wonderland of light as the Large Parterre in Antrim Castle Gardens is transformed into an Enchanted Winter Garden.\u00a0 Follow the captivating reindeer trail for your chance to win a prize.\u00a0 Indulge in some Christmas shopping in the Garden Gift Shop and warm your tingling hands around a comforting coffee in the Garden Coffee Shop.\u00a0 Open daily from Thursday 5th\u00a0to Tuesday 24th December from 3-8pm.\u00a0 Closes 6pm on Tuesday 24 December.<\/p>\n

Belfast<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Follow the magical Elf Trail to Santa\u2019s secret hideaway in the depths of Belfast\u2019s Belvoir Park Forest this Sunday.\u00a0 Get the grandparents out and get the woollies on. You’re all in for an afternoon treat on Sunday 8th December.\u00a0 Bring your letter to Santa and meet Mrs Claus with her famous mince pies.\u00a0 Get crafty in our Elf workshop and have an afternoon to remember this Christmas!<\/p>\n

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Down Have\u00a0a magical time at Castle Espie this Christmas. This Saturday and Sunday you can meet Santa in his magical grotto, enjoy story-telling, have a go at making Christmas crafts between 10am and 4.30pm, follow the Christmas trail, enjoy toasted marshmallows in the Crannog and send your Christmas wish list to Santa through our post … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6693,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6685\/revisions\/6693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}