| Saturday 11th December |
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| 35 stalls offering delicious seasonal produce and festive crafts. |
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| Watch the Fowlers Molly Dancers dance a traditional form of winter Morris dance around Deptford in the afternoon. |
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| Simon Costin will be speaking about his project to establish the UK’s first ever museum dedicated to our seasonal customs and events. |
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| A sea of illuminated spheres will cover Woolwich's General Gordon Square. |
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| Sunday 12th December |
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| Occasional open day at a victorian steam engine. |
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| Explore traditional and contemporary Japanese arts & crafts, culture and food, and find gifts for Christmas. |
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| Dark Arts & Crafts, bizarre bric-a-brac, macabre merchandise, tarot reading, illustration, toys, pyrography, embroidery jewellery, comix and witch vintage. |
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| Brian Kell will talk about the history of the Whittlesea Straw Bear from the past to the present. |
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| Monday 13th December |
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| A talk on mistletoe includes some biology, background history, Christmas harvest, distribution studies and changing environments. |
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| Tuesday 14th December |
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| This talk will outline the basis of Islamic environmental ethic within the Qur’an and Hadith and highlight the challenges faced with connecting Muslims to these teachings. |
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| Wednesday 15th December |
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| Oranges and Lemons is an English nursery rhyme which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London. |
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| Records of education, schools and pupils at London Metropolitan Archives Are you interested in records held at LMA which concern London Schools – especially during the time of the School Board fo |
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| A lecture about the "northern lights" that take place on other planets. |
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| Cheese stalls will be spread across the Market with experts on hand to offer recommendations, advice on drinks pairings and delicious cheese recipes. |
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| Join Lucinda Dickens Hawksley and discover what Christmas was really like in the 19th century. |
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| Witness the battlefield at Balaklava like never before in this special virtual tour led by Crimean War expert, Patrick Mercer. |
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| Thursday 16th December |
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| Using examples from different collections hear about seal styles and materials and how we preserve and conserve them for future generations |
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| Dominiek Dendooven launches his new book exploring what life was like for Chinese and Indians serving on the Western Front. |
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| Food historian Seren Charrington-Hollins explores the food related rituals that surround life and death. |
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| Friday 17th December |
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| Join Peter Doyle as he tells the story of Princess Mary's appeal to fund Christmas gifts for those serving in the First World War. |
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| Chocolate as a material exhibits a plethora of interesting chemical principles, and knowledge of these has great importance for engineers to understand. |
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| This December, step into the former home of Dickens, as actor James Swanton brings this wonderful story to life. |
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| Experience a Georgian Christmas at the Soane at this exclusive evening candlelit event. |
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| An evening with Sam Jacob to learn about the research, design and making of the model of the most photographed barn in the world – the T.A. Moulton Barn in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. |
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| Saturday 18th December |
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| The London Artisan is a sales fair that celebrates independent producers and makers. |
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| Rummage through a selection of salvaged treasures from 30 handpicked vintage traders. |
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| Explore the wonders of the night sky and look through the telescopes of the Royal Observatory at a museum late event |
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| Cara Hamilton peels back the skin of history to reveal the story and bring it to life with a mix of talk and performance. |
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