{"id":2993,"date":"2022-12-03T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2022-12-03T10:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T10:38:22","slug":"christmas-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/2022\/12\/03\/christmas-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today&#8217;s Advent Calendar window opens for Wellingborough Town Council and all of the festive activities they and others are hosting in the Town Centre today! The festivities start at 10am at their Christmas Market. Head down to Market Square between 10:00 \u2013 16:00 on Saturday for an array of market stalls, plus there loads more on&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christmas Market - Advent Calendar\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tck70bJ32ok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here Emma, who&#8217;s organising the events, tells you what festive fun is on today!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the Christmas Market there will also be a visit from some Real Reindeer from 10am \u2013 2pm and a Giant Snow Globe from 11am \u2013 3pm which is FREE for people to get a festive photo. A Christmas Wreath making workshop is taking place 10:30am \u2013 12:30pm in the Hatton room at the Hind Hotel, but all tickets have sold out. There is also a Carol Service at All Hallows Church at 3pm so the day is full of festive fun!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"433\" data-id=\"2997\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Market-Poster-2022-300x433-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Market-Poster-2022-300x433-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Market-Poster-2022-300x433-1-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2998\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Wreath-Making-Workshop-poster-709x1024-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Wreath-Making-Workshop-poster-709x1024-2.jpg 709w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Wreath-Making-Workshop-poster-709x1024-2-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"2996\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_Real-Reindeer-poster-400x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_Real-Reindeer-poster-400x400-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_Real-Reindeer-poster-400x400-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_Real-Reindeer-poster-400x400-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" data-id=\"2995\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_Snow-Globe-poster-300x296-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2995\"\/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Join in the festive fun at all of these Christmas events on today in Wellingborough Town Centre!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"2999\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swansgate-Christmas_MeetSanta_Insta-300x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swansgate-Christmas_MeetSanta_Insta-300x300-1.png 300w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swansgate-Christmas_MeetSanta_Insta-300x300-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Library-Christmas-709x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Library-Christmas-709x1024-1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/Library-Christmas-709x1024-1-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the <strong>Swansgate Centre<\/strong> to meet someone very special! Santa and his little helpers are there 10am \u2013 4pm. See them to receive a free Christmas gift. <strong>Wellingborough Library<\/strong> also have an affordable fun day with its Christmas fair, they have games starting from 20p and free crafts, like making an air-dry clay tree decoration! Stall holders are waiting for you to grab some beautiful gifts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3012\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/316485897_587853183061855_7538068160850694987_n-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/316485897_587853183061855_7538068160850694987_n-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/316485897_587853183061855_7538068160850694987_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/316485897_587853183061855_7538068160850694987_n-768x432.jpg 768w, 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\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do visit the Christmas Tree Festival, 10:00am-4:00pm, at the <strong>High Street Church<\/strong> too, as featured on yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/2022\/12\/02\/christmas-tree-festival-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2970\">Advent Calendar<\/a>. The town is full of festive fun all day, with the Christmas Market, Reindeer, Snow Globe, wreaths, Santa, Christmas Fair and Christmas Tree Festival, so why not make a day of it?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Advent Calendar window opens for Wellingborough Town Council and all of the festive activities they and others are hosting in the Town Centre today! The festivities start at 10am at their Christmas Market. Head down to Market Square between 10:00 \u2013 16:00 on Saturday for an array of market stalls, plus there loads more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/2022\/12\/03\/christmas-market\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christmas Market<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advent-calendar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2993"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3015,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions\/3015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}