Edinburgh's Christmas officially launches when 200,000 lights across the city are switched on and with this preview of some of the shows at this year's Winter festival at the Winter Wonderland -

As the first collaboration between Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1967, the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" has had a colourful history.

Pilton Video, amazingly celebrating its 25 years of community filmmaking this year, is holding a christmas screening of five dramas at the Edinburgh Filmhouse

As the tumbleweeds spun across the horizon and Dorothy and her little dog Toto wondered what might happen next, a Tuesday matinee of mixed-age school children slid into enjoying a carefully crafted version of this familiar story.

A look at 2007 Winter Festivals in Edinburgh...

While for some Edinburgh has almost become synonymous with its annual August arts festivals, its Winter Festivals programme has also expanded in recent years.