Santa will be gracing the streets of Dublin this weekend from 12.30 – 2.30pm!! There will be music, giant games, on-street entertainers, face painters and local businesses will be getting involved and of course Santa will be making an appearance! Come enjoy this Christmas roadshow with DublinatChristmas.ie & DublinTown.ie! Sat 1st December – North Earl [...]
The Santa Experience was voted the best Santa in Ireland across the airwaves in 2011… In association with Dunnes Stores they are bringing a bigger and better Santa experience to Children this year. €10 Per child plus two adults for free. If you like they will take your photograph with Santa €8 and print there and they [...]
This year the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre will host a series of Christmas events that will fill the centre, and everyone in it, with Yule tide spirit. There will be festive workshops and live entertainment for all the family to enjoy. From the first week of December, Powerscourt will welcome many amazing performers including the Gospel [...]
For the ultimate Christmas experience visit Santa’s Grotto at Dublin Zoo, proudly sponsored by Deep RiverRock and then take a trip around the Zoo to meet the elephants, tigers, gorillas, red pandas and many more. Every weekend in December and every day from Thursday 20th – Monday 24th December, children will experience the magic of Christmas [...]
For the first time ever, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre Open will open a magical and unique Father Christmas Work Room that has been designed to match the authentic feel of the centre. Filled with all the charm you would expect from an 18th century styled Santa Claus’s den, this unique workroom is a must see for [...]
Take a devilishly wicked stepmother, a delightful fairy godmother, the love of a handsome prince and a single glass slipper and you have the recipe for a night full of music, laughter and youthful excitment. A beautiful young girl covered in cinder dreams of finding happiness and her one true love. Her evil stepmother, [...]
There is lots going on in Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre this Christmas… Santa at Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre: Santa will be ready and waiting to meet all the young girls and boys before Christmas Day, so make sure to see him nice and early. He will be there daily from Sunday 18th November to Sunday [...]
Santa’s Playland has taken up residence at The Ambassador Theatre, Dublin in preparation for this year’s festive season. Open now the spectacular event runs until Sunday, December 23rd. And the great news is adults go free and there is no queuing for Santa. Santa’s Playland transports children to a magical Christmas paradise. On entering Santa’s [...]
DublinatChristmas.ie called on people far and wide to dig out their cheesiest Christmas jumper and to join them for the Geansai Nollag challenge which was held at 4pm on O’Connell Street on November the 25th. It’s aim was to set a new world record for the most number of Christmas jumpers worn in the same [...]
The Moving Crib in St. Martin Apostolate is still, for many people, one of the most charming asects of Christmas in Dublin City. It has fascinated generations of children from Dublin and all over Ireland and 50 years after it first began , it still draws the crowds. The Moving Crib Dublin with its old world [...]
This year Bewley’s and Artist Paddy Campbell are delighted to display yet another amazing exhibition, created by Paddy, which will be on display in Bewley’s Café Grafton Street during the 2012 festive season. This year they are delighted to have Temple Street Children’s Hospital as our charity partner. The exhibition entitled “Once Upon a Thumb” features Snow [...]
The Docklands Christmas festival makes a welcome return to the IFSC this December. Now in its 8th year and established as the Ultimate Christmas festival in Ireland. The festival promises to have something for everyone. The Docklands Christmas festival 2012 will run from the 7th until the 23rd of December in the IFSC, from 12 [...]
Charles Dickens’ unforgettable characters come to life in this playful adaptation by award-winning actors Aaron Monaghan and Bryan Burroughs. The perfect pre-Christmas treat for families. The Ark will celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens with a special pre-Christmas treat for families with children aged 8+. Performed in 45 exhilarating minutes by award-winning actors [...]
Santa will be arriving on Saturday 8th December and will meet all the boys and girls every Saturday and Sunday from 12.00 – 19.00 absolutely for free! To celebrate the true giving spirit of Christmas Santa will be asking boys and girls to bring a gift and leave it at Santa’s Giving Tree for [...]
The Live Animal Crib has been a joint venture between Dublin City Council and the Irish Farmers’ Association since 1995. The Crib is aspecially constructed life size stable containing a sheep, donkey and goat. The animals are brought in each morning and returned to a farm on the outskirts of the city each evening. [...]
Starring Alan Hughes as the lovable Sammy Sausages, Brian Dowling as Bridie the Mirror, Niamh Kavanagh as the Good Queen and Niall Sheehy, finalist in ITV’s Superstar, this is one Panto not to be missed! Buy tickets online here. Tickets: €21.50 (Preview) / €100 for Family Ticket (2 x Adults & 2 x Children) / €29.50 [...]
Cameron Mackintosh’s Oliver! will be live at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for 5 weeks over the festive period. Tickets are priced from €20 and are on sale now at ticketmaster.ie. The sensational score of OLIVER! is full of Lionel Bart’s irresistible songs including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, [...]
Pop sensations JEDWARD are back for another Panto Season at The Olympia Theatre this December 2012! The boys will be delighting audiences this Christmas & New Year when they star in JEDWARD AND THE MAGIC LAMP. Following on from the record breaking sell-out success of 2010′s Cinderella featuring Jedward, and 2011′s Jedward & The Beanstalk, [...]
Post your letter to Santa! Santa’s post boxes will be located beside two of Dublin City BID’s information kiosks on Grafton Street and North Earl Street, every day from 10am – 5pm from November 19th up until December 21st. Who knows – you may spot Santa or one of his elves collecting the letters… Please [...]
Join Mary Greene to find out how Christmas is celebrated around the world and then make a decoration for your tree. Booking required. Adults with babies. Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7. T: 01 677 7444. www.museum.ie
Acclaimed actor and author Karl O’Neill will read from a selection of his work for children at the Ranelagh Arts Centre on Saturday the 22nd of December. 11am and 2pm – The Most Beautiful Letter In The World 12pm – READY, STEADY, FLY! 3pm – Poppy’s Wish – A Christmas Story This is a free [...]
