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 Winter Wonderland, LondonA Big Wheel and other rides, an ice rink and a Christmas market are put up in London's Hyde Park
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 Full Moon
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 State Opening of Parliament, LondonThe Queen travels from Buckingham Palace to Westminster to open a new year's programme for Parliament.
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 Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, LondonEach year since 1947, a Christmas tree has been given to the people of London from the people of Norway in gratitude for Britain's support for Norway during World War II.

From Monday 8 December to Friday 19 December 2008 Trafalgar Square plays host togroups performing Christmas carols in the square, by the traditional Norwegian Christmas Tree.

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 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008

 Feast of Immaculate ConceptionCelebrates the (mainly Roman Catholic) doctrine that Mary herself was born free from the Original Sin, leaving her sinless for the conception and bearing of Jesus.
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 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008

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 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008

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 Royal Variety Performance, LondonSince 1912 there has been an annual variety show performance attended by the king or queen, with the money raised going to a fund to help retired entertainers in need
 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008

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 Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008

 HanukkahThis Jewish festival (known as Hanukkah, Hannuka or Chanukah) starts at sundown the day before and lasts for 8 days. Each day one candle on an eight-stemmed candelabra (called a Menorah) is lit.
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 Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008

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 Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008

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 Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008

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 International Showjumping, LondonTue 16 Dec - Mon 22 Dec 2008
A top showjumping event at Olympia, Hammersmith Road (horses jumping over fences, inside a hall).

 Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
...Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008
 New Moon
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 International Showjumping, LondonTue 16 Dec - Mon 22 Dec 2008
A top showjumping event at Olympia, Hammersmith Road (horses jumping over fences, inside a hall).

 Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
...Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008
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 International Showjumping, LondonTue 16 Dec - Mon 22 Dec 2008
A top showjumping event at Olympia, Hammersmith Road (horses jumping over fences, inside a hall).

 Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
...Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008
 Al-HijiraIslamic New Year. The Muslim calendar counts dates from the Hijra, which is why Muslim dates have the suffix A.H. (After Hijra). The festival marks the migration of the Prophet Mohammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina.
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 International Showjumping, LondonTue 16 Dec - Mon 22 Dec 2008
A top showjumping event at Olympia, Hammersmith Road (horses jumping over fences, inside a hall).

 Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
 Carol singing in Trafalgar Square, LondonGroups of carol singers will perform each evening (at various times between 5-9pm) next to the Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, raising money for charity.
...Mon 8 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2008
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 International Showjumping, LondonTue 16 Dec - Mon 22 Dec 2008
A top showjumping event at Olympia, Hammersmith Road (horses jumping over fences, inside a hall).

 Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
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 Shortest day of the year (Winter solstice), UKThe shortest day has been important since early times: many standing stones and stone circle are aligned with the sun on either this day or the summer solstice (the longest day of the year).

 International Showjumping, LondonTue 16 Dec - Mon 22 Dec 2008
A top showjumping event at Olympia, Hammersmith Road (horses jumping over fences, inside a hall).

... Bankside Winter FestivalThe Bankside Winter Festival 2008 will be open for ten days from 10am on Friday 12th to 6pm on Sunday 21st December 2008 along the Bankside riverwalk outside the iconic Tate Modern. commemorative Thames Cutters Frost Fair
 Yule (Pagan)Yule is the time of the winter solstice, when the sun child is reborn, an image of the return of all new life born through the love of the Gods.
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 International Showjumping, LondonTue 16 Dec - Mon 22 Dec 2008
A top showjumping event at Olympia, Hammersmith Road (horses jumping over fences, inside a hall).

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 Christmas EveChristmas Eve is not a public holiday in the UK, but many people will not work a full day because they need to travel to their families. Public transport services may finish earlier than usual.
 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, CambridgeAt 3pm at King's College Chapel in Cambridge is a traditional carol service called "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols": the carols are sung by the famous King's College choir.
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 Christmas DayThis is a public holiday in the UK. Christmas Day is when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, so many people go to local church services. Most people spend the day together with their families: they talk, exchange presents, eat and drink, and watch television.
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 Boxing Day (bank holiday), UKA public holiday in the UK. Some shops start their post-Christmas sales now
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 New Year's EveMany people in the UK stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve so that they can celebrate the start of the New Year. As midnight approaches, British people traditionally watch Big Ben (the bell in the Houses of Parliament), and celebrate after it strikesfor the 12th time: this is shown on television.

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