Nov/Dec 2019 Familiesonline.Co.Uk1 for More Event Information Go To

TAKEFREE ME HOME

Herts

RECRUITING NOW

Successful ‘business mum’ is seeking 5 working partners to work part-time IN THIS ISSUE from home, alongside & without compromising family commitments or current career. What’s On Christmas If you have a supervisory, managerial, sales, marketing, recruitment or self- employed background, or you wish Festive Family Traditions to develop an extraordinary lifestyle please call Diana Page No More Nappies! 01235 533362 • 07747 086518

Issuefamiliesonline.co.uk 89 Nov/Dec 2019 familiesonline.co.uk1 For more event information go to:

@HemelHempsteadBID @HemelBID

Tickets on sale now willowsactivityfarm.com

2 Families Herts Herts

Also, for an advent calendar of I hope you have a lovely festive Hello! a diff erent kind, turn to page 15 season planned – I’m looking for our Acts of Kindness Advent forward to a well-earned rest from Welcome to the November/ Calendar. See how many you can what has been an incredibly busy December issue of Families perform and in doing so bring a year, and indulging in lots of festive Hertfordshire Magazine. smile to the face of family, friends, food! neighbours and strangers! See you in 2020! Christmas! – that special time of As with every December there’s a year is just around the corner and packed Christmas schedule across to get you in the mood we have a the county with festive markets, Dale fantastic feature on festive family Santa’s grottos, Christmas lights traditions. The article has some fab switch-ons, pantos and more, ideas you can introduce to your so make sure you take a look in Christmas that I’m sure will create What’s On for the pick of local cherished family memories events. (page 7).

Tel: 07958284983 In this issue: Email: [email protected] Web: www.familiesonline.co.uk News & Views 4-6 Editor: Dale Harry Design: 45 Degrees Design & Print Christmas 7 /Families_UK Listings editor: Karen Porter /FamiliesUK Early Years 8-9 • We reach over 45,000 engaged • We have a high repeat booking rate, Market your readers each issue so advertising with us works What’s On 11-14 business with • D istribute from schools, tuition centres, leisure attractions trusted, inﬂ uential, visible Advent Calendar 15 Families Herts and more 07958284983

Do you have experience working with children with additional needs? You will have the skills to be an amazing foster carer.

EVERY CHILD DESERVES A #ChanceToThrive We need more foster carers with the skills to care for children with additional needs. If you can help, give us a call on 0800 917 0925, or visit our website for more information www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/chancetothrive

Find us on socials: @HCCFosterAdopt / #ChanceToThrive

Families Hertfordshire (FH) is part of the Families Print Ltd, a franchise company. All franchised magazines in the group are independently owned and operated under licence. Families® is a registered trademark of LCMB Ltd, Remenham House, Regatta Place, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Bucks, SL8 5TD. The content of FH is fully protected by copyright. Every care is taken in the preparation of this magazine, but Families Print Ltd and FH cannot be held responsible for the claims of advertisers nor for the accuracy of the contents, or any consequence thereof. News & Views Enjoy the Make it a Bing magic of Christmas! If you’re short on ideas of what to get Christmas your little one for Christmas this year then a Bing cuddly toy is sure to bring a smile to their face – particularly if they’re a with a letter fan of the show. Based around the much-loved character from Santa from the hit CBeebies production, the talking Bing with Hoppity has over 15 fun phrases for children to enjoy. Bing’s favourite toy Hoppity Voosh wears All children love to receive a letter addressed to them in a soft red cape and can be detached from Bing. Press Bing’s the post, but what could be more special than a letter from hand and watch his button softly glow as he talks to Hoppity, Father Christmas? Here are two ways of making this happen. giggles or sings as the music plays. The toy is approximately 36cm in length from top of ears Royal Mail letter to Santa to feet and is suitable for children aged 10 months and over For children to receive a FREE letter from Santa via the Royal (£29.99). Mail children must post their letter to Santa by Friday 6 December. Envelopes must have either a ﬁ rst or second class stamp and be addressed to Santa/Father Christmas, Santa’s Grotto, The Tiger Who Came to Reindeerland, XM4 5HQ. The letter must include your child’s full name and address. For more information on letters to Santa from the Royal Mail go to: Tea hits the screen this www.royalmail.com/christmas/letters-to-santa Christmas NSPCC Santa letter Children can also receive a personalised reply from Santa via his elves at the NSPCC in exchange for a minimum £5 donation to the charity. The letter is ordered online and must be placed by 9 December. For more information: https://letterfromsanta.nspcc.org.uk/letter-from-santa

If you are pregnant or a parent/carer of a child under 19 your local family centre would love to meet you.

What happens at a family centre? Hertfordshire’s Family Centre Service brings children’s centres, health visiting and school nursing together to provide The Tiger Who Came to Tea, the classic children’s book by a joined up service for children, young people and their families Judith Kerr, will come to TV this Christmas adapted as a half- from pregnancy through to when a child reaches 19, offering a hour animated ﬁ lm for Channel 4. range of activities and services to help them grow and develop. It will feature a star-studded cast of voices including Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo, Tamsin Greig, Why should you register your family? David Walliams (pictured) and Paul Whitehouse. • By registering with a family centre you and your child/children can The role of Sophie will be played by 7 year old Clara Ross, have fun, meet new people and learn together through activities. who will be making her TV debut. • If you need help and support, the family centre will try and give you For anyone that doesn’t know the book, it tells the tale of what you need. the tiger that shows up at young Sophie’s front door and • To give you the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the family proceeds to eat the family out of house and home, even centre and help shape the services on offer. going so far as to drink all of the water out of the taps, For more information and to register visit before declaring: “Thank you for my nice tea. I think I’d better go now,” and departing. www.hertsfamilycentres.org Chloe Tucker, Commissioning Executive, Channel 4 Drama said: “The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a timeless classic, and we hope this ﬁ lm will capture the same special place in every family’s imagination watching it.’’

Market your business or event in Families Herƞ ordshire Magazine and reach over 45,000 readers in the area. Call 07958284983

4 Families Herts News & Views Reduction in school breaks is ‘unhealthy’ for children School break times are much shorter than they were two decades ago meaning children are missing out on valuable opportunities to make friends and develop social skills and exercise, according to research by the Nuffi eld Foundation. The study looked at how school breaks have changed over 25 years comparing data from over 1,000 Picky eaters still primary and secondary schools. It found that despite the length of grow up healthy the school day remaining much the same, break times are being squeezed with reported lunchtimes of 35 minutes Picky eating in toddlers is a well- even further with potential serious or less. documented phase when children implications for children’s well-being According to the authors, break don’t want to try new foods and/or and development. times are important for children to get show very strong preferences. Afternoon breaks have been virtually physical exercise – a particular concern It can create much worry for parents, eliminated; they are now only available given the rise in obesity, and to develop and has created a whole market to 15% of primary school children and important social skills that are not for advice, guidance and tools to 1% of secondary schools. There is also learned in school lessons. More info: encourage young children to try lots of a clear trend to shorter lunch breaks www.nuffi eldfoundation.org new tastes and textures. But researchers from the University of Bristol using data from a study of children between the ages of 7 to Step Up for Safe Streets 17 have found that instead of being UK Road Safety Week 2019, which takes Safe Streets and learn about, shout harmed by their diets, children who place between 18 and 24 November, about and celebrate the amazing had been picky eaters at age 3 were will encourage road users to ‘step up’ design-led solutions that can help end growing normally as adolescents with a and play a part in the creation of a safe suff ering on our roads. healthy height and weight. and healthy future on our roads. The focus is on how intelligent The researchers claim the study Every 20 minutes someone is killed or design can stop human error from shows that even children who are seriously injured on a British road, yet causing death or serious injury on the picky as pre-schoolers usually eat well each of these tragedies is preventable. roads, can encourage walking and enough over time to ensure they grow This year, the annual event aims to cycling, and can make sure that the air properly. encourage everyone to Step Up for we breathe is clean.

For more on this topic go to For more information and to get your FREE Action Pack, www.bristol.ac.uk/news visit www.roadsafetyweek.org

ST ALBANS INCLUSION ADVOCACY SERVICE PARENTS – TEENAGERS – YOUNG PEOPLE

Do you sometimes feel Isolated - overwhelmed - not sure which way to turn

>V\SK`V\ILULÄ[MYVT A friendly listening ear – extra support or advice supported signposting to services

>LJHUOLSWMHJL[VMHJLWOVULZ\WWVY[ The Civic Centre Hub, room 2, Mon 10 – 4 & Weds 10 – 2

Telephone 01992 638000

[email protected] www.hertfordshireppp.co.uk

familiesonline.co.uk 5 News & Views

Working mums left frustrated by lack of fl exibility Over three quarters of working mums Just four per cent of dads work part becoming in job searches. The [80%] feel stuck in the job they are in time. employers we work with recognise because they don’t think they will be The survey comes amid pressure in this and have been looking at ways to able to fi nd a new one with the same Parliament for fl exible working to be challenge existing working patterns degree of fl exibility they now have, while made a day one right and for all new in order to attract and retain the best 57% say their career has not progressed jobs to be advertised as being open to talent. since they have had children, according fl exibility where possible. “As skills shortages become larger in to workingmums.co.uk’s annual survey. Currently, employees have to be in many sectors, employers should take The survey of over 2,000 parents their job for 26 weeks before they can note of the demand for fl exible working shows 59% of mums say fl exible make a request to work fl exibly. and the push for greater fl exibility, taking working is the one thing that would The survey shows that 29% of working into account all the many forms it can most help them to progress their mums have had a formal fl exible come in.” careers. Yet, outside part-time jobs, few working request turned down, with The survey polled hundreds of under have access to it. Some 22% of mums 26% saying they were turned down 21s and over 50s in addition to mums work full time with no fl exibility at all. for a reason not allowed under the and dads. Only eight per cent work from home legislation, showing the weakness of the The results show that demand for occasionally and 3% work fully from current legislation. fl exible working is signifi cant across all home. Just 1% work term time hours or Gillian Nissim, founder of age groups with the young most likely compressed hours. workingmums.co.uk and workingdads. to research fl exible working before This compares to 46% of dads who co.uk, says: “Our survey shows applying for a job and most likely to say they work full time with no fl exibility. how signifi cant fl exible working is leave a job if it wasn’t fl exible enough. The importance of HR know-how

Running a start-up business that’s enjoying growth? An through an employee Handbook. These can be issued in established business owner employing new staff ? Drawing hard copy or securely online through email or employee up new contracts for employees? portals. If you’re someone in any of these situations, compliance “There is growing interest in ﬂ exible working with more with best practice and legislation is an essential requirement. applications being submitted than ever before. Have a Hertfordshire-based HR consultant Stacey Boatman has a policy providing clear process guidelines and be open to few tips to help you along the way. discussion. Considering alternative options or trial periods “Employment contracts are binding for the duration where an initial proposal may not be suitable could lead to a of employment, so it is important to get these right prosperous solution for both parties.” and for employees to familiarise themselves with their terms,” explains Stacey. “Opt for creating contracts with a Whether you’re an individual looking for guidance or your professional which are tailored to your business. It is easy business is just starting up, a large company or anywhere to get a standard template online but these are not likely to in between, SMB HR Consultancy provide bespoke HR cover all aspects of your business. services to suit your business needs and budget. For more “Provide clear and up to date policies and procedures information visit www.smbhr.co.uk or call 07809749453. Treat your feet Moccis (pronounced Mock-Keys) bring fashion, function, and fun to adult and children’s indoor footwear. These hand sewn Swedish moccasins are a hybrid of a sock and slipper and come in a host of designs, including this fun festive-themed pair (pictured). They feature a soft leather sole that prevents you from slipping and are soft, warm and comfortable. Machine washable leather and stay-dry protection keeps the material odour-free. Moccis are available for babies, children and adults. Prices from £25 at www.moccis.co.uk

6 Families Herts ChristmasChristmas The best Christmas family traditions By Claire Winter

Here are our eight memory-making traditions for you to enjoy this Christmas

What do you cherish and remember most clearly about in front of the Christmas tree striking the same pose. It will be Christmas during your own childhood? Was it the food, the interesting to document how you change each year. carols and music, going to church, the Christmas tree? When we look back at our childhood, we don’t remember Go to a carol service the gifts that we were given, we recall the things we did as a Even if you are not generally a church goer, going to a Crib family that created the most long-lasting memories. Family Service at your local church on Christmas Eve is a lovely Christmas traditions adhered to year after year during the thing to do with your children. Singing carols and listening to festive season are an important part of childhood and are the story of the nativity is sure to put everybody in the festive often free or don’t cost much. Why not introduce some of mood. these?: Enjoy the special festive memories you make with your Send homemade Christmas cards family. Your children don’t stay little for long, and it’s great to Go old school and send some homemade cards. In the remind them that Christmas is about being together and not modern era of e-Christmas cards, this is a traditional way to just about presents and treats. make your Christmas celebration special. Sit down with some glitter, stencils, stickers and coloured paper. Your kids (and you!) will have great fun making the cards.

Make an advent calendar Make or buy an advent calendar that can be reused each year. Instead of putting sweets or toys in it, put in a note for each day about all the diff erent things you love about your child. Consider adding the notes on top of a little present!

Give them a Christmas Eve box Treat your kids to an early gift with a special box that contains festive pyjamas to wear and a Christmas ﬁ lm to watch. If you want to spend less, you could include a festive book or art and craft activity so they can make a special Christmas Eve decoration for the tree.

Prepare a North Pole Christmas breakfast An amazing way to welcome the festive season is by preparing a North Pole Christmas breakfast for your family on the ﬁ rst day of December. Get the kids involved designing the menu and making the decorations.

Leave food out for Father Christmas and his friends Leaving food out for the man in red and his friends is another lovely tradition for Christmas Eve.

Watch the Queen’s Christmas broadcast Gather around the television with your loved ones and a glass of ﬁ zz to watch the royal Christmas message from the Queen.

Don’t forget to capture a photo with your family Many families forget to take a family photo on Christmas day. So, make time to capture a photo with your family each year familiesonline.co.uk 7 Earlyy Years Night time nappies to no nappies By Alicia Eaton

Every parent looks forward to the time Plan ahead when their young child will be able Decide when to stop using pull-ups. If to sleep through the night without your child has reached the age of 5, it’s wearing a nappy or pull up. defi nitely time to start thinking about ‘It’s good to avoid For some children, this happens this. The super absorbency of these naturally and without eff ort or any pants means your child’s skin won’t feel drinks one hour obvious preparation. For others, more wet and this actually prevents them groundwork is required and, as a from understanding how their body before bedtime’ parent, you may need to consider some works and learning how to take control. simple steps that may assist your child Have a chat with your child and put a in reaching this milestone. date in the diary so everyone knows No rewards when this will happen. Avoid off ering rewards and bribes, Words work including star charts during this training Talk to your little one and explain that period. It will be doubly disappointing Accidents for your child if they’re not successful soon they won’t need to wear nappies Prepare for accidental wet beds. Use one night and they also act as a or pull-ups as they’ll be able to keep an absorbent bed mat in between two distraction. Your child’s focus should themselves dry all through the night layers of sheets. If your child is wet, be on learning how to stay dry at night and won’t need them. simply take off the top layer and you’ll and the reward for doing this can come Don’t miss out this step. By planting have a ready-made dry bed underneath. this idea in your child’s mind, you’ll later in the form of a sleepover with friends or a new duvet cover set for the trigger important thinking processes Declutter that lead towards getting dry at night. bed. Ensure the bedroom fl oor is clutter-free Regularly use phrases like: “When you’re so your child will feel more confi dent dry at night... ” and “Soon you’ll no Keep track about getting out of bed to visit the longer need these nappies/pull-ups… ” Keep a diary during your training period bathroom at night. If your child sleeps Keep referring to how things will be to track dry nights and wet ones. It in a bunk bed, consider placing a in the future and express the automatic will make it easier for you to fi gure out mattress on the fl oor for them to sleep assumption that they will get to the what the cause of a wet nights might on for a couple of weeks, if this will point where they are able to easily keep be and take steps to eliminate them. make the transition period easier for themselves dry. them.

Step by step Drinks *Families Herts tip: Waking children Explain to your child that when they It’s good to avoid drinks one hour before you go to bed or in the no longer wear overnight nappies or before bedtime, but don’t generally middle of the night to use the toilet pull-ups, they may need to visit the restrict ﬂ uids in the hope that this will bathroom at night. Walk them physically can be helpful. If the bed is wet help your child become dry overnight: through the steps they’ll be taking and when you wake them, wake them instead it could make them constipated. tell them you will leave lights on so they earlier. If they wet the bed after you In turn, constipation itself is a common can see their way easily. wake them, wake them later.* cause of bedwetting.

Deeper sleep Think food Avoid leaving night-lights on in the Alicia Eaton is a trained Certain foods and drinks eff ect the bedroom itself. Experts agree that a psychotherapist and author of bladder so it’s best to avoid these: ﬁ zzy dark bedroom promotes better, deeper StopSt Bedwetting drinks, sugary foods and milk at night- sleep patterns and this in itself might in Seven Days time. Lots of fruits have a diuretic eff ect be enough to ensure your child sleeps publishedpu on the bladder so avoid your child through the night and doesn’t need byb Practical eating strawberries, melons and grapes the toilet. You can buy night-lights with InspirationIn in the evenings. motion-sensors for the bedroom and Publishing.P For these are a better option – the light will morem information, come on automatically when it senses visitv www.stop- your child is walking around. bed-wetting-in-7- days.com/

8 Families Herts Early Years

A Catholic co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 3 -18

Every day is an Open Day in our Nursery & Prep To book a personal tour please contact Tracey Dickinson on 01920 824239 or email [email protected]

• Nurturing environment providing excellent academic support • Weekly swimming lessons from Nursery • Forest School Programme; a permanent feature of the timetable • Scholarships available for Form 3 entry (closing date 8/1/2020) • Private bus service offering local pick ups around Hertfordshire and Essex from Year 3.

Old Hall Green, Ware, Hertfordshire SG11 1DS www.stedmundscollege.org

“Little Steps, Large Leaps”

• Children’s Food Trust and Soil • Regular Trips and Outings • Platinum Award for First Aid Association approved meals • Extra Curricular programmes Training • Part time and full time sessions such as: • Nappies, Creams and sun available • Cook & Grow, Early Language creams all included • Funded sessions available Programme, Magical Maths, • Strong belief in outdoor • Individual Learning • Lets Get Physical, Stork to learning opportunities Programmes Walk

Hitchin: 01462 450354 Watford: 01923 254637 Berkhamsted: 01442 871777 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

familiesonline.co.uk 9 Pregnancy Top tips for a festive fertility season By Dr Larisa Corda

If you’reyou’re tryingtrying to conceive,conceive, itit’s’s importaimportantnt to Get good sleep considerconsider healthierhealthier festivefestive foodsfooods Ensure your bedroom becomes a sanctuary that is conducive to sleep. This means decluttering, not WeWe aallll lloveove CChristmashristmas aandnd ititss and have a predominantly plant-basedplant-based using any electrical devices such associationsassociations ooff hohomelinessmeliness aandnd diet.diet If you’reyou’r’re goinggoing to eateat meat,meat mmakeake as televisions before bed time, and togetherness, as well as the traditions sure it’s organic and lean. ensuring the room is dark enough of spending time with our loved ones to allow you to get the crucial 7 and opening gifts. But did you know that Exercise to 8 hours sleep a night that will Christmas is also the most popular time It helps boost circulation to your improve energy levels, libido and of year to conceive? reproductive organs and maintain a your immunity. Aside from the obvious reason of healthy body and mind. Exercise can people spending more intimate time also help to reduce stress and keep together indoors, some studies suggest weight within the normal range that is yoga, mindfulness, being outdoors, or that sperm may function better under vital for fertility, as well as reducing the spending time with friends can all help. colder conditions and the woman’s chance of miscarriage. uterus may be more receptive to Have sex often and throughout receiving a growing embryo, which Stop smoking and minimise alcohol your cycle could provide an explanation as to Smoking can cause damage to the why we see higher livebirth rates lining of the womb, the eggs and Having sex at least two to three times with conceptions that occur around sperm, and also adversely aff ect per week throughout the cycle is December time. the health of your child and your advisable to help improve sperm quality pregnancy. Alcohol can aff ect your and the environment for pregnancy to hormones and also the development occur in. of your baby. One or two glasses of wine over the festive season is unlikely Vitamin supplements to cause much harm, but regular Take a good multivitamin supplement alcohol consumption can have negative a few months before you start to try consequences. to conceive. For men, a supplement rich in antioxidants like vitamin C, E, selenium, zinc and garlic can support Reduce toxin exposure healthy sperm. Women should look From drinking water, cleaning products, towards a vitamin supplement that make up and plastic used on food. So if you are trying to get pregnant, delivers the required dose of folic acid, Toxins can leach from all of these iodine and vitamin D in particular. it’s really important to consider having and be absorbed in our blood stream, a healthier Christmas that puts you in causing havoc with the hormones that Winter is nature’s natural nesting good shape for conception. Here are control fertility and possibly damaging season. Seek comfort not just in some top tips: sperm and eggs. Use products in their relationships, but also in food, drinks, most natural state, including toiletries and rituals. Make having a mug of Eat well and household cleaners. Go plastic free. tea an occasion to look forward to, Look at your diet as a whole and with your feet up in front of a cosy eliminate foods that have been Manage stress, minimise caff eine log ﬁ re, or tucked up in bed before inﬂ uenced by hormones, pesticides, These can lead to an imbalance in your you go to sleep. Herbal teas are rich added preservatives and chemicals and fertility hormones, but in addition, aff ect in polyphenols that your gut bacteria those that are rich in sugar. Try to eat the organs in your body, leading to high love. Tea also has an amino acid called food in its cleanest, most nutritious state blood pressure, problems with sleep L-theanine that can help to reduce possible. Buy organic where you can and reduced sex drive. Meditation, stress and anxiety.

Dr Larisa Corda is an Obstetrician and ‘Alcohol can aff ect your hormones and Gynaecologist and is one of the UK’s leading Fertility experts. For more also the development of your baby’ details please visit www.drlarisacorda.com

10 Families Herts We taktakee greatgreat care in compilingcompiling ourour events guide,guide, but check withwitth thethe venues beforebefore you leave home justjust inin casecasee timestimes or prpricesices have chchangedanged ssinceince we went to print.print. What’sWhat’s On

16 Nov: The Library, 96 Shenley Concerts for Children: We’re ARTSHED ARTS CAMPS, CLASSES & COURSES Road, Borehamwood, WD6 1EB Going on a Bear Hunt! Westmill Farm, Westmill Road, BERKHAMSTED BASECAMP Play with giant train tracks! 17 Nov – 2 & 3.30pm Ware, SG12 0ES 01920 466446 Cost: one-hour slots from £5 Children of all ages can www.artshedarts.co.uk All camps take place experience the large-as-life Pottery Throwing Taster in Berkhamsted www. SKATE VAN HAGE sounds of a symphony Sessions berkhamstedbasecamp.co.uk Great Amwell, Pepper Hill, orchestra. Meet the musicians 16 Nov & 7 Dec – 30 min slots Multi Activity Camps SG12 9RP • 01920 870811 during the interval and try out 10am-2pm 16-20 & 23 Dec www.vanhage.co.uk their instruments too. Fancy 7 yrs+. Learn to throw a pot or Ages 3-11. Cost: £35 per day or 14 Nov-6 Jan dress encouraged. Cost: £8. Christmas tree on the potters £160 per 5-day week Real ice rink for all ages and Child £2. Under 2s free wheel. Booking essential. Cost: Christmas Cookery abilities. Specifi c Parent and £20 including clay, glazing and 17 Dec Toddler and Special Needs ASHRIDGE ESTATE fi ring Ages 7-14. Cost: £70 sessions also available. Moneybury Hill, Ringshall, Cost: varies, see website Berkhamsted, HP4 1LT LOWEWOOD MUSEUM LANGLEY TENNIS & RACQUETS 01442 851227 High Street, Hoddesdon, EN11 CAMP SKATE LETCHWORTH www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ 8BH • 01992 445596 Langley Tennis Club, High Outdoor Pool, Icknield Way, ashridge-estate www.broxbourne.gov.uk Woodhall Lane, Hemel Letchworth Garden City, Normal admission charges apply James Ward: The Great Animal Hempstead, HP3 8RW SG6 4UF The Nutcracker Trail Painter of his Time 01442 230234 www.sll.co.uk/skateletchworth 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 26-29 Dec 21 Sep-25 Jan. Wed, Thurs & Fri www.berkhamstedbasecamp. 23 Nov-5 Jan – 10am-3pm 10am-4pm. Sat 10am-5pm co.uk 20m x 10m covered real ice Magical Nutcracker-themed trail Exhibition celebrating artist 2-3 Jan – 9am-4pm rink. For all ages and skating through the woods. James Ward RA, Have fun and improve your abilities. Skates and skating aids Additional cost: Child £3 commemorating 250 years standard of tennis and eye hand available to hire. Christmas Pudding Walk since his birth. FREE co-ordination. Plus, table tennis, Cost: see website 2 Dec-6 Jan – 10am-4pm Make Medieval Gingerbread badminton and touch tennis. Self-led walk, following the 9 Nov – 11-11.45am, 12- Ages 4-14. Cost: £40 per day NCT NEARLY NEW TOY SALE puddings on this way-marked 12.45pm, 2-2.45pm, 3-3.45pm Kingshott School, Stevenage route through the woodland. Learn about medieval NCT BABY & CHILD FIRST AID Road, Hitchin, SG4 7JX Included in admission charge gingerbread and make your COURSE www.nct.org.uk/branches Santa Paws Walk own treat to take home. All St Albans Fire Station, 16 Nov – 10.30am-12noon 8 Dec – 11am-12noon ages, under 12s must be with an 153 London Road, St Albans, (10am for NCT members) Join Father Christmas on a walk adult. Booking essential. AL1 1TQ Cost: entry £1 (in aid of NCT around the meadow. Put on a Cost: £8 per person 14 Dec – 10am-12.30pm charity) Christmas hat and hang a bauble Toddler Thursday: Goosey Build your confi dence as a from your pet’s lead. Prizes for Goosey Gander parent/carer in dealing with ST FRANCIS CHURCH the best Christmas theme. 21 Nov – 10-11am emergency situations. Church Road, Welwyn Garden Additional cost: £1 per dog Fun, friendly session, helping Cost: £35 each or £60 per City, AL8 6QJ Post-Christmas Walk your child develop school-ready couple www.stfranciswgc.org.uk 27 Dec – 10am-12noon skills through rhymes, stories Christmas Tree Festival A gentle, scenic guided walk to and craft. Ages 2-4 (with adult, HEALTHY U GYM 7 Dec – 12-6pm see Ashridge in all its wintery up to 2 toddlers per adult). Book 1-4 Kimps Way, Hemel 8 Dec – 12-5pm beauty. Booking essential. No in advance. Cost: £2 per child Hempstead, HP3 8EN Approx 70 decorated trees. dogs. Cost: £5. Child £3 Father Christmas www.healthyugym.com Santa’s Grotto. Family games. 14 Dec – Drop in 10.30am-4pm Kids’ Fitness Hot food. Cost: £3. MAYHEM THEATRE ARTS Have a go at Christmas craft Thurs 4-5pm Accompanied under 12s free Brewery Road, Hoddesdon, and visit Father Christmas in his Ages 7-11, girls and boys. Fitness EN11 8HF • 01992 465100 grotto. Cost: £6 per child class in a gym environment, KNEBWORTH HOUSE www.mayhemtheatrearts. co.uk (includes gift) encouraging the next Knebworth, SG1 2AX Mayhem’s Magical Christmas THE MUSEUM STORTFORD generation to be active and live 01438 812661 ‘Buddy’ Workshop 1-3 South Road, Bishop’s a healthy lifestyle. Cost: £4.50 www.knebworthhouse.com 30 Nov – 11.30-12.30pm or Stortford, CM23 3JG per session / £10 a month Sunday Lunch with Santa 1.15-2.15pm 01279 710200 www. 8, 15 & 22 Dec – 12.30-2.30pm Ages 3-10. Includes plush 16” rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk MIMIC STAGE SCHOOL AND Festive two-course lunch with a Snowman/Reindeer making kit. Christmas Panto Trail YOUTH THEATRE visit from Santa and gift for Design your own ‘Buddy’s’ T 30 Nov-4 Jan Harwood Hill School, Welwyn every child. Booking essential. shirt, wishing heart, birth Find the hidden signs and help Garden City AL8 7AG (Stage Cost: £25. Child (up to 13 yrs) certificate and bag. Parents to the fairy tale characters School) £12 stay. Cost: £15 pp including complete their magical quest to Tewin Memorial Hall, 11A Lower refreshments claim your sweet treat. Under Green Rd, Tewin, Welwyn AL6 RYE MEADS NATURE RESERVE 10s. FREE 0JX (Youth Theatre) Rye Road, Stanstead Abbotts, www.mimictheatre.co.uk SG12 8JS Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri in term time 01992 708384 New stage school and youth www.rspb.org.uk theatre company for ages 4-22 Rye Meadlings focusing on developing students 4 & 18 Nov, 2 & 16 Dec – into well-rounded, confi dent 10.30am-12 performers. Outdoor parent and toddler Cost: £250 per term (Stage sessions encouraging child-led School). £6.50/hr (Youth exploration and natural play. Theatre) Booking essential. Cost: £6 per child (£5 if RSPB PLACES TO GO member). £4 parking for non-members (fi rst session free TRACKPLAY parking) 9 Nov: Woodhall Community Centre, Mill Lane, Welwyn ST ALBANS SYMPHONY Garden City, AL7 3XD ORCHESTRA 17 Nov: Knebworth Village Hall, St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit SG3 6PD Lane, St Albans, AL1 4DF familiesonline.co.uk 11 What’sWhat’s OnOn

Make Your Own Christmas MILL GREEN MUSEUM & MILL gift and entrance into the TINY T’S FAMILY CHRISTMAS Decoration Mill Green, Hatﬁ eld, AL9 5PD wildlife park. Cost: £6 per child, STORYTELLING 30 Nov. Drop in 11am-3pm 01707 357850 when accompanied by full The Lytton Arms, Knebworth, Add some magic to your www.welhat.gov.uk/museum paying adult (£10). Proceeds to SG3 6QB Christmas tree by decorating Mill Green Tots SWCC Hedgehog Hospital www.tinytsparties.com your own ceramic decoration. 28 Nov & 19 Dec – 10-11.30am 15 Dec – 10-11.30am Ages 5+. FREE Relaxed and fun-packed RYE-ASSIC ADVENTURE PARK Ages 3-10. Find out what the sessions for ages 0-5. Songs, Rye Road, Hoddesdon, Elves have been up to in an HERTFORD MUSEUM stories, craft and play. EN11 0EH www.rye-house.co.uk immersive Christmas story, told 18 Bull Plain, Hertford, SG14 1DT Cost: £3.50 per child. Free entry Breakfast With Santa with interaction, puppetry and 01992 582686 www. for one adult per child. Includes 21-24 Dec – 8.30am-12 music. Plus family games, Elf hertfordmuseum.org entrance to mill/museum A host of festive activities and a scavenger hunts, face painting Exhibition: Time’s Keepers - visit from Santa for children and glitter. Book online. Discover Hertford’s Clocks & ROYSTON MUSEUM aged 1+. Breakfast buff et for Cost: £8 per child Their Makers 5 Lower King Street, Royston, children and mince pies for 16 Nov-22 Feb SG8 5AL adults. Includes session in the Explore what makes Hertford 01763 242587 adventure park. Pre-book online. SHOWS tick. Clocks, watches, www.roystonmuseum.org.uk Cost: Child £12.50. Adult free 96 SHENLEY ROAD hourglasses and more. Find out Make an Advent Calendar Borehamwood, WD6 1EB about the gifted craftsmen who 23 Nov – 11am-1pm & 2-3.30pm WILLOWS ACTIVITY FARM 01442 454000 worked in the town and Kids crafts, design and make Coursers Road, London Colney, www.96shenleyroad.co.uk discover the beauty and your own advent calendar. Ages St Albans, AL2 1BB Captain Calamity: Santamime innovation behind their work. 3+ (younger kids welcome too). 0870 129 9718 Adventure FREE. Donations welcome Cost: £3 www.willowsactivityfarm.com 15 Dec – 11am & 2pm Christmas Extravaganza Christmas & Wintery Crafts Santa Spectacular Captain Calamity and Crew get 22 Nov. Drop in 4-8pm 7 & 21 Dec. Drop in 11am-1pm & 23 Nov-24 Dec called to travel from Chocolate Carol singing, Christmassy crafts 2-3.30pm Full day out of festive family fun. Button Bay to The North Pole. and storytelling. Father Shiny seasonal creativity for Child ticket includes all activities The Elves are falling behind with Christmas in his grotto! ages 3+ (younger kids welcome and shows plus a visit to Santa their toy making and need help Cost: Small charge to visit too). Cost: £3 and gift, making a toy bear and to get the job done in time for Father Christmas (includes gift) biscuit decorating. Christmas. Cost: £8 Toddler Tuesday: Woof! Woof! PARADISE WILDLIFE PARK Cost: £13-£38, see details online 26 Nov – 10.15-11.15am White Stubbs Lane, Broxbourne, ABBEY THEATRE Crafts, singing, stories and fun. EN10 7QA LEE VALLEY BOATS Westminster Lodge, Holywell Booking essential. 01992 470490 Riverside Moorings, Nazeing Hill, St Albans, AL1 2DL Cost: £3.50 per child, including www.pwpark.com Road, Broxbourne, EN10 6QT 01727 857861 refreshments Santa Arrives at Paradise & 01992 462085 www.abbeytheatre.org.uk Christmas Craft Fayre leevalleyboats.co.uk George’s Marvellous Medicine VERULAMIUM MUSEUM 23 Nov Santa Cruise 14-29 Dec. 2.30, 5.30 & 7.30pm St Michael’s Street, St Albans Monkey Day & Carol Service 21 & 22 Dec – 11am, 12.45 & performances AL3 4SW 14 Dec 2.30pm From the book by Roald Dahl. 01727 751 810 Santa’s Grotto One-hour cruise with a visit Fed up of Grandma’s rudeness, www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk Every Dec weekend. Daily in the from Santa. Book in advance. George concocts a ‘new and Archaeological Poo! week leading up to Xmas Cost: £10 per person improved’ medicine for her – 16 Nov. Drop in 12-4pm Cost: Park admission applies but the consequences are much For International Toilet Day, STEVENAGE INDOOR MARKET more than he bargained for! investigate some fossilised SHEPRETH WILDLIFE PARK Market Square, Stevenage, Cost: £13. Concs £12 ‘specimens’, discover how the Station Road, Shepreth, SG1 1EP Romans kept themselves clean SG8 6PZ www.stevenagetowncentre.com THE ALBAN ARENA and make your own ‘poo’ to www.sheprethwildlifepark.co.uk Santa’s Grotto Civic Centre, St Albans, AL1 3LD take away! Santa’s Grotto 14-24 Dec – 10am-4pm 01727 844488 Cost: £2 per child (plus 8, 14, 15, 21-24 Dec Cost: £3 per child www.alban-arena.co.uk admission for non-residents) Experience includes a personal The Nutcracker greeting from Santa, Christmas 23 Nov – 2.30pm

LIVE ON STAGE Based on the books by Kes Gray and Jim Field. Published by Hachette Children’s Group Published by Hachette Children’s Gray and Jim Field. Based on the books by Kes LYRIC THEATRE 29 NOV - 5 JAN Shaftesbury Avenue nimaxtheatres.com

12 Families Herts We taktakee greatgreat care in compilingcompiling ourour events guide,guide, but check withwitth thethe venues beforebefore youyou leave home just in ccaseasee times or prices have changedchanged since we went to print. What’sWhat’s On

Vienna Festival Ballet. The Wind in the Willows The Snowman THE MARKET THEATRE Cost: £24.50. Concs £21.50. 10-13 Dec – 10.15am & 1.15pm 8 Dec – 10.30 & 11.30am 6a Sun Street, Hitchin, SG5 1AE Under 16s £16.50 14 Dec – 11am, 3 & 7pm Special screening of the 01462 433553 Sleeping Beauty 15 Dec – 11am & 3pm timeless animated fi lm with a www.markettheatre.co.uk 6 Dec-5 Jan New staging of Kenneth live musical score performed by Rumpelstiltskin Pantomime starring the Grahame’s family classic. Ages the Hitchin Band. 14, 15, 21-23, 27 & 28 Dec wonderfully wicked Rita Simons 5+. Cost: £15. Concs £13. Family Cost: £10. Under 14s £5. Under Christmas show aimed at ages (EastEnders’ Roxy Mitchell) and £54 3s FREE 4-9.Cost: £11 children’s favourite Andy Day (CBeebies). Cost: from £15 CAMPUS WEST THEATRE HERTFORD THEATRE THE OLD TOWN HALL Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6BX The Wash, Hertford, SG14 1PS THEATRE BARN THEATRE 0300 3039 620 01992 531500 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden www.campuswest.co.uk www.hertfordtheatre.com HP1 3AE City, AL8 6ST Snow White The Snow Queen: A Frozen 01442 228091 01707 324300 11-31 Dec Fairytale www.oldtownhall.co.uk www.barntheatre.co.uk Fast and furious pantomime 30 Nov - 1 Jan. Relaxed The Adventures of Dr Dolittle The Railway Children with fi stfuls of fun and festive performance for families with SEN/ 9 Nov – 11am & 2.30pm 13, 14, 16-21 Dec silliness galore. Autism: 27 Dec – 1pm. BSL Signed When Dr Dolittle is taught how Full steam ahead for this classic Cost: From £17. Family from £62 performance: 27 Dec – 5pm to talk to animals, news of his children’s tale of tragedy, The story that inspired the skills travel. Soon animals across triumph and trains! GORDON CRAIG THEATRE smash-hit fi lm Frozen is brought the world ask for his help. Cost: £13 Lytton Way, Stevenage, SG1 1LZ to life in an all-singing, all- Cost: £7.50. Dacorum Card £6 01438 363200 dancing, all-snowing Christmas The Snow Dragon BROADWAY THEATRE www.gordon-craig.co.uk spectacular! Cost: From £13 23 Nov – 11am & 2.30pm Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden Beauty and the Beast Billy has everything a young City, SG6 3DD Various dates 29 Nov-26 Jan LYRIC THEATRE goat could need – and more 01462 681088 A family panto full of Oo La La- Shaftsbury Avenue, London, besides. On New Year’s Eve, he’s www.broadway-letchworth.com ughs! Cost: £15.50-27 W1D 7ES looking forward to the annual The Scarecrows’ Wedding Oi Frog & Fiends! visit of the legendary Snow 15 Nov – 4.30pm HARPENDEN PUBLIC HALLS 29 Nov - 5 Jan Dragon, who will bring him 16 Nov – 11am & 2.30pm Southdown Road, Harpenden, It’s a new day at Sittingbottom even more goodies! But when Heart-warming adaptation AL5 1TE • 01582 767525 school and FROG is looking for Billy bumps into hungry wolves of Julia Donaldson and Axel www.harpendenpublichalls.co.uk a place to sit, but CAT has other in the forest, New Year’s Day Scheffl er’s bestselling book. Beauty and the Beast ideas and DOG is doing as he’s seems a long way off . How will Ages 3+ (but suitable for all). 7-30 Dec told. Little do any of them know Billy escape? For ages 3+. Cost: £16. Concs £13. Family Pantomime starring TOWIE’s that chaos is coming… Original Cost: £7.50. Dacorum Card £6 £52 Ricky Rayment as Gaston. music, songs, puppets, laughs Cost: £14. Concs/Child £12. and more rhymes than you can WHAT’S ON EDITOR Family £48 shake a chime at! Age3 + Cost: families.herts.listings From £15.50 @gmail.com

familiesonline.co.uk 13 What’s On

Star in a Jar Prokofi ev’s much-loved ‘Peter Christmas Market from 2pm. Santa’s Grotto, 7 Dec – 11.30am & 2.30pm and the Wolf’ and Ravel’s 30 Nov & 1 Dec – 10am-5pm Festive Market, Snow Slope. Ages 3-8. When a little boy ‘Mother Goose Suite’. Festive family fun with stalls and visits from the Snow Princess, stumbles across a special star, Cost: £15. Concs £13. Child £8. live music. Christmas train and much more. he puts it in a jar and takes it on Family £36. Students free Light switch on and fi reworks adventures. But the poor star ST ELIZABETH’S CENTRE at 5pm. misses its home… Can the little WYLLYOTTS THEATRE Perry Green, Much Hadham, boy and his big sister send the Wyllyotts Place, Darkes Lane, SG10 6EW • 01279 843451 WELWYN GARDEN CITY star safely back? Potters Bar, EN6 2HN www.stelizabeths.org.uk Howardsgate, AL8 6HA Cost: £7.50. Dacorum Card £6 01707 645005 Christmas Bazaar www.wonderfulwgc.co.uk www.wyllyottstheatre.co.uk 30 Nov – 12-3.30pm 23 Nov THE RADLETT CENTRE Sleeping Beauty Family fun. Christmas Market, Includes festive food and drink Various dates 14 Dec-5 Jan, live music, games and activities. and crafts market. Santa in his 1 Aldenham Avenue, Radlett, generally 1 & 5pm Plus Father Christmas and his Grotto. Fun fair. Local singing WD7 8HL 01727 859291 Pantomime extravaganza! reindeer! and dancing talent on the main www.radlettcentre.co.uk Cost: dependent on date, see stage. Peter and the Wolf website. REDBOURN CHRISTMAS 1 Nov – 11am & 2.30pm MARKET LETCHWORTH Suitable for all the family. ST ALBANS MUMMERS Redbourn High Street, AL3 7LW Garden Square, Letchworth Cost: £11. Under 16s £9. Family £36 Various locations in St Albans www.redbournchristmasmarket.com Town Centre The Gruff alo City Centre starting in front of 1 Dec – 11am-5pm www.loveletchworth.com 14 Nov – 1.30pm the Town Hall Over 100 stalls. Local craft, gift 23 Nov 15 Nov – 10.30am & 1.30pm www.stalbansmummers.org.uk ideas and food. Seasonal music. Cost: £13. Groups 10+ £10.50 26 Dec from 11.30am Santa’s Grotto. STEVENAGE OLD TOWN Ages 3+. For over 40 years the Mummers Bowling Green Cinderella have performed their unique THE SPOTLIGHT www.stevenagetowncentre.com 7 Dec-3 Jan adaptation of George and The High Street, Hoddesdon, 23 Nov Cost: Various, see website Dragon on Boxing Day. FREE EN11 8BE • 01992 441946 Includes lantern parade through www.broxbourne.gov.uk/ the Old Town. THE SPOTLIGHT PLANET ICE thespotlight STEVENAGE High Street, Hoddesdon, EN11 Jarmans Park, Hemel Christmas Fair Town Square 8BE 01992 441946 Hempstead, HP2 4JS 1 Dec – 11am-3.30pm Seasonal www.stevenagetowncentre.com www.broxbourne.gov.uk/ 08458 725 799 crafts, gifts, decorations, food 30 Nov – 12-6pm thespotlight www.planet-ice.co.uk and stocking fillers. Father With live music, huskies, a snow Aladdin Sleeping Beauty On Ice Christmas will be in his grotto too! globe, food stalls, masked super 13-31 Dec. Relaxed Performance 5 Dec – 7pm Cost: £1.50. Child/over 63s £1 heroes and fi reworks. 22 Dec – 4.30pm 6 Dec – 1 & 7pm Ice show performed by local MILL MEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL Family pantomime. HODDESDON LOVES and professional skaters with a Port Vale, Hertford, SG14 3AA Cost: £20.50. Child £18.50. CHRISTMAS contemporary soundtrack. Christmas Fair Family £69 High Street Cost: £9 8 Dec – 1-3pm Including Santa’s Grotto, Xmas www.lovehoddesdon.co.uk RHODES BISHOPS STORTFORD trees and gifts for sale, craft 30 Nov – 10am-6pm 1-3 South Road, Bishop’s FESTIVE RUNNNG activities and festive Scavenger Gifts and produce for the Stortford, CM23 3JG Christmas season alongside a SANTA RUN Hunt! Cost: £1. Free for children 01279 710200 www. full day’s entertainment. Live rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk Stanborough Lakes, Welwyn music and dance; Giant Snow Sleeping Beauty Garden City, AL8 6DF CHRISTMAS LIGHT SWITCH ON Globe; Father Christmas Parade Various dates & times 7 Dec-5 Jan 1 Dec – 11am and fi reworks. A new twist on the classic tale. 2km course, welcome to run HATFIELD Town Centre - White Lion Square, Packed with panto comedy, live multiple circuits. Organised by HARPENDEN CHRISTMAS The Arcade & Market Place music and a feisty heroine. Rotary Hatfi eld in aid of charity. CARNIVAL & FARMERS MARKET. 16 Nov – 12-4.30pm Cost: dependent on date, see Cost: Depends on Santa High Street, Harpenden Meet Campus West WGC’s website. Family tickets available costume size/choice. Adult size 24 Nov – 12-6pm. Procession Snow White pantomime stars. £15. Youth (8-14 yrs) £10. Child from 3pm. Lights switched on Stage performances; Santa’s THE SANDPIT THEATRE (Reindeer Horns) £5 5pm grotto; funfair; food and drink. The Ridgeway, St Albans, With Santa’s Grotto, funfair and Make Christmas items and buy AL4 9NX • 01727 799565 RUDOLPH RUN stage entertainment.. www.sandpittheatre.co.uk Around the streets of St Albans presents. All leading up to the Reindeer on the Roof! 01442 820717 big switch on! WHEATHAMPSTEAD www.renniegrove.org High Street 21 Dec – 11.30am & 2.30pm ST ALBANS 2 Dec – 9-11am www.wheathampstead-pc.gov.uk On Christmas morning Darcey St Peter’s Street wakes up to a sparkly tree, a Charity 5K run or bring the little 28 Nov ones along for the 1.5K. Antlers www.enjoystalbans.com stocking full of presents and 17 Nov – 12-6pm a Reindeer on the roof! Join provided! SOUTHDOWN LIGHTS & Cost: 5K £14 (10-15 yrs £10). With festive fun, music and LANTERNS EXTRAVAGANZA Darcey on her epic adventure entertainment. to get her new Reindeer friend Fun Run £10 (0-15 yrs £6) Southdown Road www. back to Lapland and discover harpenden.gov.uk SANTA DASH HERTFORD CHRISTMAS GALA the true meaning of Christmas. 29 Nov – 5.30-7.30pm Riverside Shopping Centre Town Centre • 01992 552885 Ages 3-11. Cost: £8. Concs £6 Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1BT www.hertford.gov.uk SAWBRIDGEWORTH www.stfrancis.org.uk 22 Nov – 3.30-8pm Bell Street Car Park www. THE WESTON AUDITORIUM 15 Dec – 10am-12noon Christmas market and grotto. sawbridgeworth-tc.gov.uk University of Hertfordshire, De Register online to join a jolly Stage and street entertainment. 30 Nov from 4.45pm. Switch on Havilland Campus, Hatfi eld, sea of Santas on a route around Fairground rides. Christmas tree 6.30pm AL10 9EU • 01707 281127 Hemel in aid of the Hospice of light switch on. Includes fayre. www.herts.ac.uk/ St Francis. artsandgalleries HEMEL HEMPSTEAD BATFORD Across the town: Riverside Batford Corner Family Concert CHRISTMAS FAYRES Shopping Centre, Marlowes www.harpen 10 Nov – 2 & 4.30pm Shopping Centre, High Street. den.gov.uk Artist James Mayhew paints live TEWIN BURY FARM HOTEL Facebook: @HemelHempsteadBID Hertford Road, Welwyn Garden 1 Dec on stage as the de Havilland 30 Nov – 11am-6pm City, AL6 0JB Philharmonic Orchestra play Live entertainment on stage www.tewinbury.co.uk

14 Families Herts An Act of Kindness for Every Day of Advent! – choose from below or make up your own

1. Smile at everyone you see today 12. Leave snacks on your doorstep 2. Make cards for elderly people for delivery people in your street 13. Let somebody go ahead of 3. Tell someone the reasons you in the queue you like them 14. Hug someone 4. Pick up litter in your street 15. Bake biscuits to take to school or work or local park 16. Deliver notes to houses with great 5. Clean up a mess you didn’t make Christmas light displays 6. Wish a stranger a nice day 17. Pack away your things without Perform an act 7. Help make dinner being asked 8. Donate pocket money to charity 18. Make someone laugh of kindness each 9. Compliment staff at a 19. Take canned food to your café or shop local food bank day until Christmas! 10. Donate books, toys and 20. Make a list of the things clothes to charity you’re thankful for Pin up the calendar 1 1. Volunteer at a festive 21. Leave a kind note where community event someone will ﬁ nd it and keep a daily 22. Send a Christmas card to someone overseas record of your family’s 23. Do a chore for someone else 24. Leave food out for good deeds. 1 Santa and his Zoe took biscuits reindeer! to school December 123456

789101112

13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24

familiesonline.co.uk ADVENT CALENDAR 15 Herts