Daily Photo: 15/12/09 – Xmas Trees For Sale

Christmas trees for sale on the corner of Greenwich High Road and Roan Street.

Santa arrives at East Greenwich Pleasaunce

FATHER Christmas was the guest of honour today at East Greenwich Pleasaunce as families joined together for a day of fun, music and mince pies.

Over 400 people turned up to the Green-Flag awarded park in East Greenwich to take part in Carols at the Pleasaunce, organised by the Friends of East Greenwich Pleasaunce. The carol singing was led by the Halstow Community Choir, and there was also music to be enjoyed from The Los Dawsons.

Father Christmas arrived in a specially decorated “chariot” and gave all the kids a balloon and chocolate bar.

Thanks very much to Kate from the Friends of East Greenwich Pleasaunce who sent in these photos of the special day.

Daily Photo: 27/11/09 – Santa Arrives at Greenwich Market

A few hours before the Greenwich Christmas light switch on, Father Christmas was mingling in Greenwich Market and talking to shoppers, and entertaining elves with his witty banter, by the looks of it!

Daily Photo 25/12/08: Christmas in Greenwich

Greenwich.co.uk had a little competition, offering £25 of Amazon vouchers to the best Christmas photo we received.

And the winner was…. someone who wished to remain anonymous! But congratulations to them, hope you pick something nice in the sales with the voucher. Here’s the winning picture below:

Competition: Win £25 Amazon Voucher for Best Greenwich Christmas Photo

Each day, Greenwich.co.uk publishes a photo of Greenwich in the Greenwich Daily Photo, and we want to find an extra special photo use as our Daily Photo on Christmas Day itself, so there is a £25 Amazon Gift Voucher as a prize for the best photo submitted which captures the spirit of Christmas in Greenwich.

In order to enter, the photo just needs to be taken in Greenwich and have some kind of Christmas element. Send entries (either as attachments or links to them on Flickr etc) to rob@greenwich.co.uk and the winning photo will be published on the site on Christmas day.

Closing date for entries is 4pm on Christmas Eve.

Santa’s Grotto

Santa’s Grotto, Greenwich Market – December 20th – 23rd

It goes without saying that this is the busiest time of the year for Father Christmas, but he has found time in his schedule to come and meet the children of Greenwich to find out what they want for Christmas.

You can find Santa Claus in his wonderful grotto, inside Greenwich Market (unit 5b) from Saturday 20th December until Tuesday 23rd December – 10am to 5pm. Go along and meet Santa, share your Christmas wish with him and receive a delightful gift too. The price of admission is £3.

Daily Photo 11/12/08: Greenwich Lit Up

Mayor of Greenwich, Steve Offord, joined local kids and the cast from ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ last Friday at the Greenwich Christmas lights switch on.

Photo supplied by Greenwich Council.

Christmas Concert in Blackheath

Thursday 11 December 7pm. All Saints’, Blackeath, SE3 0TY

Following on from their extremely successful performance last year, the King William Singers*, directed by Hilary Campbell, once again present a mixture of Christmas music, including:

Britten’s Hymn to the Virgin
Part’s O Weisheit
Warlock’s Corpus Christi
Selection of Rutter
Premieres of brand new carols

There will even be a couple of singalong carols too!

With Inga Davis-Rutter (piano)

Also featuring the Blossom Street Singers

Tickets: £5 (£3) available on the door. All proceeds to the Albany Charity Fund

*The King William Singers comprises Trinity College of Music postgraduate singers and their colleagues.

Carol Service at Old Royal Naval College

Carol Service, Friday, December 5, 2008 at 7pm, Old Royal Naval College

After you’ve seen the Christmas lights switch on in Greenwich, why not hot foot it round to the Royal Naval College for a carol service…

The University of Greenwich and Trinity College of Music are holding a carol
service on Friday, December 5, 2008 at 7pm. The service of lessons and carols
offers an opportunity for everyone to celebrate Christmas in the stunning venue
of The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul, courtesy of the Greenwich Foundation, at
the Old Royal Naval College.

Leading the congregation in traditional carols including favourites Once In
Royal David’s City and O Little Town of Bethlehem will be the University of
Greenwich Choir.

Chapel doors open at 6.30pm. Admission is free and no tickets are required.
Drinks and mince pies will be served afterwards in the King William Restaurant.

Greenwich Lights Up

Greenwich Lights Up, December 5th from 3pm, Greenwich Market

See the Christmas lights in Greenwich get switched on by the cast of Greenwich Theatre’s “Jack In The Beanstalk” on Friday December 5th. The fun starts at Greenwich Market at 3pm, and then at 4pm a magical lantern procession will make its way from the Old Royal Naval College along to the market, via the Cutty Sark Gardens Christmas Tree of Light.

Mayor of Greenwich Cllr Steve Offord, will then join the panto cast for the official switch on at 4.30pm.

In anticipation of the event, the Mayor said, “Greenwich Lights Up is always amongst the borough’s most popular festive events and I’m sure it will prove to be a great occasion as always. On a personal note, it will be a great honour for me to join the cast of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ to help switch on the Greenwich Market Christmas Lights and I would like to encourage everyone to make the effort to come down and enjoy the start of the wonderful festive season in Greenwich.”

Santa will be in his grotto in Greenwich market from noon to 7pm, with a gift for every child.

Are you going to the switch on? Greenwich.co.uk has a £10 Amazon gift voucher for the best photo or video from the switch on. Email entries to the editor.