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Food and Drink
This section is not for those trying to watch their waists! We present highlights of those seasonal events allowing you to indulge in Christmas fare down the ages to the present day. You'll find full details of these, and more in our Events database, or ask at the local Tourist Information Centre for details.

Victorian Christmas Lunch in Souter Lighthouse
Enjoy a Victorian Christmas lunch in this 1871 lighthouse, the first to use alternating current. A themed entertainment follows the meal. Booking essential (+44 191 529 3161).
Souter Lighthouse, South Shields, Tyne and Weare
November 30 - December 1, December 7 - 8 and 14 - 15
www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Christmas At Shugborough
The Heart of England Fine Foods Marquee provides a delicious accompaniment to the celebrations at Shugborough. Candlelit evenings with festive decorations in the Mansion House and County Museum enliven the Christmas market and a host of seasonal entertainment. .
Shugborough Estate (National Trust), Milford, Staffordshire
December 4 - 7
www.staffordshire.gov.uk/shugborough

Christmas Shopping Special at Biddenden Vinyards
The Christmas promotion of our English wines, Kentish traditional ciders, brandies and apple juice. Also available are specially selected preserves, honeys, chocolates and ancillary drinkers requisites. During this period, visitors will be offered a complimentary glass of mulling cider, a mince pie and a free draw entry.
Biddenden Vineyards and Cider Works, Little Whatmans, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent
November 30 - December 24
www.biddendenvineyards.com

Roast goose with all the trimmings

Christmas Quote
Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch, that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam.
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Christmas 2002



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