TUESDAY 1st DECEMBER

Baby Bounce and Rhyme Live
When: 11am
Where: Online
Cost: Free

Join Bristol Libraries for a live Baby Bounce and Rhyme session!
Nursery rhymes and songs to join in with at home, perfect for little ones and their families.

Brailsford Lights Christmas Display Virtual Switch On
When: 6.30pm
Where: Online
Cost: Donations gratefully received to Brailsford Lights chosen charity (see below)

Bristol ‘s Biggest Christmas Lights Display virtual switch-on.
Donate to Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal: to donate £5 text 5lights, £10 text 10lights, £20 text 20lights to 70450 (texts charged at standard message rate).

SATURDAY 5th DECEMBER

Christmas Tree Sale: Church of the Good Shepherd, Bishopston
When: 9-11.30am
Where: Church of the Good Shepherd, Bishop Road, BS7 8NA
Cost: Trees available from £29

Christmas Tree Sale organised by Emmanuel Bristol with quality Nordmann Firs available to buy.
All profits will go to the Bristol charity, One25 which supports some of the city’s most marginalised women.
Covid guidelines will be followed. Come early to avoid disappointment!

Christmas Tree Sale: Horfield Parish Church Hall
When: 9am-4.30pm
Where: Horfield Parish Church Hall, Wellington Hill, BS7 8SP

Christmas Tree Sale organised by 62nd Bristol Scout Group.
Norway Spruce and Nordmann Fir trees will be available to buy in a range of sizes and with a choice of stands.

Christmas Wreath Making: Golden Hill Community Garden
When: 10am-4pm (90-minute sessions available)
Where: Monk Road (behind prison), BS7 8NE
Cost: £15 each (£5 additional people)/£7.50 for under-16s/children aged 0-4 go free.

A chance for you and your children to make a beautiful Christmas wreath for your door.  Learn to weave a hoop made out of willow which you can then decorate with glorious winter foliage!

90-minute sessions taking place outdoors or in the garden’s polytunnels, with small groups of people very spaced out.  Sessions must be booked here.  This event is an important fundraising activity for the garden; if the event has to be cancelled, you will be refunded minus £5, as the event will cost the garden money even if it does not take place.

If you have your own gloves, secateurs and scissors please do bring them along.  Dogs on leads welcome along.

Christmas Tree Sale: Bishop Road School
When: 10am-3pm
Where: Reception playground (front of Bishop Road School), Bishop Road, BS7 8LS
Cost: 5-6 ft (£38) and 6-7 ft (£45)

Christmas tree sale offering Super Premium Nordman Fir trees from Frenchay Forestry.
Social distancing measures will be in place.
Trees available to order online here.  Please complete online pre-orders by Friday 27th November.

Bristol Sings: Christmas Carols on your Doorstep
When: 5.30pm
Where: On your doorstep
Cost: Free

A free festive event especially for people in BS7, sponsored by Elephant.
Come out onto your doorstep or on the street and sing Christmas carols with your neighbours.
Look out for your book of Christmas carols to come through your door!

MONDAY 7th DECEMBER

Virtual Open Morning: Horfield Welly Pre-school
When: 10.30am
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: Free

Horfield Welly Pre-school is a friendly pre-school, rated “outstanding” by Ofsted, currently taking admissions for 2-4 year olds for September 2021.  This virtual open event will give local parents the chance to find out more about the preschool, meet the staff and see the setting in action.

Horfield Welly Pre-school offers a wide range of exciting and interesting activities for young children to enjoy every day.  It also boasts a wide range of educational toys, a large indoors and outdoor garden space, plus lots of forest school fun!

Horfield Welly Pre-school staff members are kind and nurturing, highly skilled and qualified, and maintain strong relationships with parents and carers.  Horfield Welly Pre-school is open in term-time from Tuesday to Friday, 9.15am-1pm and is based at Horfield Parish Church Hall, Wellington Hill, BS7 8ST.

All local parents of young children are welcome to attend the virtual open event on Monday 7th December.  If you would like to attend please email horfieldwellypreschool@gmail.com and the team will send you a link to join the event virtually.

TUESDAY 8th DECEMBER

Baby Bounce and Rhyme Live
When: 11am
Where: Online
Cost: Free

Join Bristol Libraries for a live Baby Bounce and Rhyme session!
Nursery rhymes and songs to join in with at home, perfect for little ones and their families.

Life and Times at a Midlands Iron Age Hillfort: Excavations at Burrough Hill
When: 7.30-9pm
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free

What would life have been like at a hillfort in the Iron Age? Hillforts are recognisable ancient monuments from the later prehistoric period. Recent excavations at Burrough Hill provide fascinating new evidence from a hillfort in the English Midlands which paint a vivid picture of life at this important monument.

John Thomas will discuss the discoveries made during a 5-year research project jointly undertaken by ULAS and University of Leicester which will make a significant contribution to hillfort studies nationally.

This Zoom talk is FREE but booking is essential here.  A link will be sent to attendees on the day of the talk.

FRIDAY 11th DECEMBER

Emmanuel Nativity Window Trail
When: 4-8pm, 11th-13th December
Where: North Bristol
Cost: Free

A Nativity Window Trail for residents of Bishopston, Ashley Down, Horfield, Northville, Westbury on Trym, Henleaze and Westbury Park.

The window displays will give an amazing opportunity to marvel with the angels, journey with the wise men and see the baby Jesus born in a dirty stable.

Taking place for one weekend only (Friday 11 – Sunday 13th December), with 46 houses involved – each house will tell a stage of the Christmas story in creative and inspiring ways. Start at the beginning, middle or end, take in the whole trail or just parts of it!

At each window, there will be a QR code that links to a website containing the next part of the Christmas story and a Christmas Carol to play as you enjoy the scene.

SATURDAY 12th DECEMBER

Brunel Field School Winter Fair
When: Sat 12th Dec
Where: Online

A Virtual Winter Fair raising the festive community spirits with raffles, Christmas arts and crafts, festive pet competitions, Winter Feast cook-a-longs and more!
This event aims to raise some funds for much needed school projects, class resources and capital items to benefit all of the Brunel Field School children.