London for Christmas

24 December 19.15
The Christmas Eve Walk Christmas Lights & Seasonal Cheer
Begins at Embankment tube

25 December 11.00
The Christmas Day Walk Christmas Morning 1660 Samuel Pepys' London and
The Christmas Day Charles Dickens' London Walk
The meeting point for the two Christmas Day walks is by the big Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square

What could be jollier? It's 1827 and the streets are thronged with hundreds of costumed characters. Everywhere you look there are top hats and frock coats and bonnets and hooped skirts. Yes, it's Christmastime in Charles Dickens's hometown. Welcome to the best Dickens Christmas Festival in the world. And there's guaranteed snow! Let alone a parade and a candle-lit carol service.

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