Edinburgh's Xmas

It was a green christmas for most of the UK, with no snow falling in major cities.

Visitors to Holyrood Park in Edinburgh will be able to enjoy a safe, traffic-free environment during four days of road closures over the festive season.

A favourite event of the winter season, the Scottish Ensemble’s annual concert by candlelight comes to the beautiful surroundings of Greyfriars Kirk, giving Edinburgh audiences the chance to

Join us for some festive fun at the Sick Kids Carol Service at the historic Church of St. Cuthbert’s.

The Real Scottish Christmas Fair brings together Scottish makers, designers & traders from across the country.

Christmas With the Choral is the perfect way to spend a wintry evening - with a selection of carols and festive music, sung by Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and edinburgh youth choir.

It can't be nearly christmas already? Oh, yes it is! EdinburghGuide.com previews this year's pantomime and Christmas shows (reviews of all the main Christmas shows coming later).

Christmas, or Xmas for non-believers, used to be a quiet period in Edinburgh. It's less so now, although (Edinburgh's Hogmanay aside) it's still not quite as mad as the hurlyburly of the Edinburgh Festival in August.

Following on from Edinburgh's Christmas Light Night on the Mound, St Giles is the scene of this festive Christmas Carol Service marking Scotland&r

Edinburgh's Christmas 2011 season gets going today at 10am, with the turning of the large ferris wheel known as the Edinburgh Wheel, and the traditional  switching on of Christmas lights this evening. The lighting-up ceremony is centred on the iconic Norwegian Christmas tree on The Mound (one of a number of Edinburgh Christmas Light Nights around town).

One of the centrepieces of Edinburgh's Christmas Celebrations, the ice rink in Princes Street Gardens, has been secured, Edinburgh City Council announced today.

Inaugural Gala Christmas Concert held by Epilepsy Scotland & The Institute of Directors is feast of Christmas music, opera, readings and traditional carols for all.

This year's Market promises to captivate the whole family: spark your imagination with a visit to the professional storytellers or relax with a complementary therapy and unwind.

On our festive Super Sunday, make a beautiful museum-inspired decoration to take home.

Artist-jeweller Dorothy Hogg will show you how in 30min sessions between 12:00 and 16:00.

Bellies will bounce and beards fly when hundreds of santas make their annual charity jog through Princes Street Gardens. At two laps around the gardens, even the most sleigh-bound santa shouldn't have too much of a problem.

Christmas day in Edinburgh 2010 was "white" by both definitions: the city was covered in snow and the Met Office officially recorded snow flakes falling in the city. At least one flake must fall on 25th December for it to be technically called "A White Christmas" as far as the bookies are concerned.

Snowvember is over, but as Edinburgh enters December there is little sign of the unusually snowy weather abating.

It's St Andrew's Day in Edinburgh. There's fresh snow and ice on the ground. The penguins are up and about. Students are preparing to march. And the airport is closed again.

Edinburgh's Snowvember: Nice weather for penguins, but not all fun and games.

Edinburgh woke up this morning to a real Christmas scene (again) - just four weeks early!  But in spite of this the children loved it, particularly those who found that the weekend had been extended by a day when their school was closed.