Tuesday 8 August 2023

Christmas Is Here!

or at least just around the corner if these articles and advertisements are to be believed,


photograph @ClareFSmalley, the first from The Daily Mail, titled Christmas in August! 'Supermarkets fill up with Christmas chocolate, mulled wine and bucks fizz' in the article Tesco, and Asda are selling Christmas related goodies, with shoppers snapping photos of chocolate, mulled wine and festive sweets already on sale, and you can now add Waitrose! it seems strange that we have not seen the back of Halloween yet! but there it is, and below another company is getting ready for Christmas,

photographs Meadow Croft Garden Centre, has just announced the opening dates of it popular German Christmas Market at Meadow Croft Garden Centre, Battlesbridge, Wickford, SS11 7QU will open next month on September 14, Monday to Saturday: 9am – 5pm Sunday: 10am – 4pm


The German Market was established in 2015, and has continued to grow in size and popularity every year,

The German Market hosts more than 30 stalls each handcrafted by owner Roland Smith. Every stall is adorned with handpicked, high-quality artisan products including carved wooden decorations, delicate glassware and baubles, traditional cuckoo clocks, scandinavian gonks and much more,

festive visitors can wander amongst the many festive chalet style stalls, soak up the festive atmosphere and get in the mood for the holiday season whilst the smells of Bratwurst, Gingerbread and Glühwein waft through, at the heart of the German Market, there are lots of mouth-watering, specialist German foods such as Frankfurter, Sauerkraut, Waffles, Apple Strudel & the incredibly popular Schokokusse (chocolate kisses) which the whole family can enjoy, also available German bottled beers, delicious homemade spiced apple drink and of course, Glühwein, and the best news? It is free to enter, and if that is not enough how about a game of Bavarian Curling?

you can bring your friends and family along to play one of the oldest winter sports, what a great way to kick off the festive season, the Bavarian Curling rink is open 7 days a week from October⁠ : Monday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm & Sunday 10am - 3pm, the cost is ⁠£10 per game⁠, max 8 people per lane, it is recommend to have just 4 people per lane, to read to rules, click here, and just so you know at the time of posting today there are 138 days to Christmas, check it out when ever you want here.


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