THINGS TO DO THIS CHRISTMAS
Angela Ward Brown
CHRISTMAS EVENTS
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Alice’s Christmas in Wonderland
Nov 22-Jan 4, usual opening times and prices apply
6 Dec 2025
Chiswick House Chirstmas
The Twelfth Night of Christmas
Nov 20-Jan 4, from £25 adult / £14 child (early bird £10 discount in Nov)
6 Dec 2025
Upcoming Backyard Cinema Christmas Screenings
Backyard Cinema returns to London Bridge with immersive seasonal screenings of Elf, Home Alone, Love Actually and more.
6 Dec 2025
Rides in The Park
Winter Rides In Richmond Park
Experience Richmond Park like never before with a cosy winter ride in a carriage drawn by majestic Shire horses.
6 Dec 2025
The Great Christmas Feast
The Great Christmas Feast
Step back in time to Charles Dickens’s own parlour for an evening of storytelling, song and festive food.
6 Dec 2025
Old Vic Theatre
A Christmas Carol - Old Vic Theatre
The Old Vic’s now iconic and utterly magical production of A Christmas Carol returns with Paul Hilton (The Inheritance, Lady Macbeth, Slow Horses) playing Scrooge.
6 Dec 2025
Seen
Polar Express Film Screening
Local charity Seen’s festive film this year is The Polar Express, which is showing at The Exchange in Twickenham on Dec 7 at 3pm. PJs and cuddly toys welcome!
7 Dec 2025
Squire's
Santa Paws at Squire’s
This December, Squire’s Garden Centres is inviting four-legged friends to join in the festive fun with its NEW* Santa Paws event, taking place at 14 of its centres!
8 Dec 2025
The Exchange
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story for a Winter’s Night
Vincent Franklin (Happy Valley, The Thick of It) brings A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story for a Winter’s Night to Twickenham, where he plays more than 30 characters in an hour and a half.
10 Dec 2025
The Snowman
The Snowman With live music from The Enchanted Cinema
This magical screening of The Snowman features live music from The Enchanted Cinema’s pop-up orchestra.
13 Dec 2025
