christmas

Exeter has taken on its festive cloak for Christmas, shop windows aglow with enticing displays, the Christmas market on Cathedral Green, amazing street lights, late-night shopping and a host of events to increase the growing excitement of the season. But without the birth of that so special manger-bedded baby, whose coming gifted us Christmas, we lose the reason for the season and so we celebrate the real meaning of Christmas as an opportunity for joy. One of those opportunities is the annual Exeter and District Mencap Society’s Carol service to be held at South Street Baptist Church South...

Love Local Food are holding a Winter Food Fair on Saturday 15th December at the Hub on the Green, Cathedral Close, Exeter from 9.30am – 4.30pm. The event celebrates and showcases many of the local producers and farmers who supply the Love Local Food mobile shop and contribute to the exciting programme of education events.

Love Local Food's Winter Food Fair will be transforming The Hub on the Green into a 'festive food hall' celebrating the very best in produce from the local area. Regulars to Love Local Food's mobile shop, which supplies communities in Exeter...

Christmas is coming early for frazzled parents, thanks to Exeter City, with two special “drop and shop” football sessions running for children on Christmas Eve. Exeter City’s Football in the Community Trust is hosting the two events - a football roadshow at Middlemoor Police HQ and a Grecian Day at St James’ Park - both of which will run from 10am until 3pm and are open to boys and girls aged 5-14. The football roadshow at Middlemoor provides an excellent opportunity for children to brush up on their football skills and learn a few new tips and tricks - as well as tiring them out for a...

Visit Princesshay each late night Thursday until the 20 December where you’ll find the shops open until 9pm, community performances and a fun festive atmosphere!

This Thursday 6th December the MS Society will host a musical evening from 5pm - 7pm, showcasing local buskers and singer-songwriters. The charity, which is Land Securities charity of the year, will also have a collection throughout the evening for shoppers to make a donation during the season of giving. The MS Society is the UK’s leading MS charity and since 1953 it has been providing information and support for those...

New research has revealed that the typical family takes 12 days, 14 hours and 13 minutes to organise Christmas.

From shopping, decorating the house and cooking Christmas dinner, mums and dads spend almost two weeks trying to makethe big day as special as possible.

The study by retailer Wilkinson found that the average British family begins organising and saving money for Christmas in August and one in seven start buying Christmas gifts in the January sales, almost a full 12 months in advance. A third leave it all until just four weeks beforehand.

It found that nine...

Devon and Cornwall Police are releasing dramatic footage of a drink-fuelled collision as part of the Force‘s annual drink drive Christmas campaign.

The campaign, which will run throughout December, is aimed at highlighting the damage that can be caused by drink driving and reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads.

The CCTV footage shows a car, driven by a man who had been drinking, crashing into the Three Elms pub in Brixham and seriously injuring landlord Kevin O’Neill.

The driver, Leigh Brennan, 45 and from...

Devon’s Humanists have warned schools and parents of the American evangelical group behind the Samaritan’s Purse shoe-box initiative.

Humanist Chair Keith Denby said: “As we near Christmas children have been bringing home shoe-boxes to fill with toys and presents for children in need in Africa and Eastern Europe as part of the initiative 'Operation Christmas Child'."

“On the face of it, the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child shoebox appeal is a benign initiative simply intending to give gifts to needy children at Christmas time. But how many...

Christmas is fast approaching and with the colder weather also arriving, cosy chimney fires are being lit. Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are encouraging you to check your chimney is clean, safe and swept for Santa’s arrival.

Chimney fires can cause serious structural damage to a home, with the risks being even greater if the property has a thatched roof. The damage is not only fire based but also the dirt and smell left from all the soot and smoke, which would affect your personal property, including all your Christmas presents.

Chimneys...

They're big, they're bright and they are different but what do you think to the Princesshay Christmas baubles?

Are they tacky or an inspired art installation?

What would you like to see there instead.

The best idea will win an Exeter Daily t-shirt. Perfect for a Christmas stocking filler!