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The Coniston Inn rural idyll

The Coniston Inn "truly one of the most breath-taking addresses in The Lakes”

Since it was released in 2003, the movie Elf, starring Will Ferrell, has become a Christmas classic

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The best bedtime stories for kids on Christmas Eve

Wunderbar

Eddie Izzard confirms extra Bexhill dates

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A Christmas Carol

What the Dickens at Sandy and Barton libraries

Elm Farm, Beeston

Buy a slice of Christmas past with link to Dickens

Robocop

Geoff Cox’s DVDs: Robocop, The Invisible Woman, Delivery Man

Holland

Travel: Christmas market

Great Expectations

Geoff Cox DVDs: Great Expectations

Ghostly night out with tales from Dickens

Battersea’s Biggleswade connection

Callow’s one-man masterpiece