Newsletter: Friday 20th December 2024

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Inspiration • December 20th, 2024

5 days to Christmas

With just 5 days to go until Christmas, Yorkshire is brimming with festive cheer, from enchanting markets and captivating concerts to community events—discover all the upcoming celebrations and highlights in this week's newsletter!

The picture above is from York Christmas market on Parliament Street.

Christmas markets

Advent Calendar

Christmas news and events

Advent winners

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Day 1: Yorkshire Dales Monopoly Board Game - Winner: J. F.
Day 2: Christmas Heart Rag Wreath - Winner: R. D.
Day 3: Yorkshire Candle Company Gift Pack - Winner: J. H.
Day 4: Canvas Overnight Bag – Helmsley by Rydale - Winner: M. Wells
Day 5: Christmas hamper by Cartwright & Butler - Winner: L. G.
Day 6: Yorkshire Treats Hamper by WF Hall - Winner: P.H.
Day 7: Selection of Yorkshire jigsaws - Winner: M.S.
Day 8: Scott&Co Ground Coffee Gift - Winner: S.M.O.
Day 9: Marks & Spencer’s Christmas Cake - Winner: S. C.
Day 10: Emma Ball Notecards - Winner: S. A-Tatum
Day 11: Yorkshire Calendar 2025 - Winner: L.W.
Day 12: Vintage Map of Yorkshire - Winner: M. Pears
Day 13: Yorkshire Relishes & Preserves - Winner: H. Shearsmith
Day 14: Bettys Christmas Afternoon Tea Gift Box - Winner: J. Gale
Day 15: OS Maps of Yorkshire - Winner: S.A-Jones
Day 16: Christmas Collection of Yorkshire Dressings and Bread Dippers - Winner: J.H.
Day 17: The complete James Herriot book set - Still open! Click here to enter.
Day 18: A a bottle of gin by Mason’s of Yorkshire - Still open! Click here to enter.
Day 19: An ice-skating session for a family of 4 - Still open! Click here to enter.
Day 20: Two winter-theme mugs by Emma Bateman - Still open! Click here to enter.

Find the full advent calendar here.

Concerts and events coming up in Yorkshire

Check out these concerts, performances and events taking place in Yorkshire over the coming week:

Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at First Direct Arena, Leeds on December 20th, 2024 6:30pm
Cinderella at Scarborough Spa Theatre on December 21st, 2024 6:00pm
Disney On Ice presents Road Trip Adventures at Utilita Arena Sheffield on December 22nd, 2024 2:30pm
Elf the Musical at First Direct Arena, Leeds on December 23rd, 2024 7:00pm
Crib service @ York Minster on 24th December, 2024 11:30am
Joint Christmas service @ Beverley Minster on 25th December, 2024, 10:30am
Horse Racing at Wetherby on Thursday, December 26, 2024
Slade UK at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds on December 27th, 2024 7:30pm
Chaos Bleak – All My Thorns – Iamimperfect – Doberwoman – Black Rai at Fulford Arms, York on December 28th, 2024 5:30pm
Horse Racing at Doncaster on Sunday, December 29, 2024
Yorkshire’s Winter Wonderland in York until January 5th, 2025 - every day except Christmas Day

Yorkshire news

The Alhambra Theatre in Bradford is bringing festive cheer with its inclusive pantomime Pinocchio, offering a variety of Access Performances—including Relaxed, Sign Language Interpreted, Audio Described, and Captioned shows—to ensure everyone can enjoy the magic of theatre this season.

Scarborough-based Unity Racing, a team of four students from Scarborough UTC, won the Pit Display and Digital Media Awards at the 2024 Aramco F1 in Schools World Finals in Saudi Arabia, showcasing world-class engineering and branding against 55 teams from 25 countries.

As 2024 ends, Historic England has added 17 special historic sites to its National Heritage List, including two from Yorkshire—a 1920s Arts and Crafts maternity ward and a Victorian electricity junction box in Huddersfield—highlighting the rich stories of England's past.

The 10th Dark Skies Festival in the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales (14 February–2 March 2025) celebrates stargazing, dark sky conservation, and community engagement with inspiring events like Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock’s talk, astronomy evenings, and family activities under some of the UK’s clearest skies.

A look at the history of Wath Methodist Chapel with Dr Emma Wells

"...Its unusual five-sided shape, however, is not technically intentional nor is it a regular pentagon. In fact, it was a product of the irregular plot of land available for the structure at the time...."