Do you like visiting Christmas Fairs?
I’ve always enjoyed the atmosphere, even before we started having a stall. The colours, the twinkly lights, the smells from the food stalls and the sound of excited shoppers finding the perfect gift.
Here’s our top picks for Christmas Markets –
1 Gisborough Hall Hotel – we’ve been attending since it started and have many a tale to tell from our visits over the years. There is always a queue to get in, so our advice is to wait until later in the day if you don’t want to wait.
2. The Bowes Museum – open over three days, it’s a bit expensive to get in but that includes entry to the museum too, where there are lots of exhibits including the silver swan. Friday is quieter than the weekend but it’s a lovely festive affair with stalls inside and out.
3. Beamish Hall Hotel – while we no longer exhibit at this event, it’s still well worth a visit, with three rooms full of stalls and an outside marquee on the last occasion we were there.
Well, that’s our choices, what would yours be? Next year we hope to add Wynyard Hall to our list, and of course there are the popular Living North fairs at Newcastle and York racecourse. Are there little gems we haven’t heard of?
So, the countdown to Christmas has officially started. The next few weeks will be a whirlwind, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
If you don’t like snowglobes we have plenty of sparkle in our glass tree decorations, and there are still a few snowman on a stand decorations too. Quite a few decorations are low in stock now so please snap up anything you have been thinking of treating yourself to.
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