{"id":4186,"date":"2018-12-05T11:59:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T11:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2022-12-01T10:31:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T10:31:55","slug":"festive-season-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/12\/05\/festive-season-york\/","title":{"rendered":"The Festive Season In York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>York is known as one of the most festive cities in the country and walking around, it&#8217;s easy to see why. From the bustling Christmas markets to the thousands of Christmas lights strung around the streets, it&#8217;s clear York gets Christmas right.<\/p>\n<p>A survey by Virgin trains looked at 500,000 tweets and found that 89% of all holiday tweets from York were positive. During your time in the city, you should be sure to check out what it has to offer in December: 89% of people can&#8217;t be wrong!<\/p>\n<h3>Switching on the Christmas lights<\/h3>\n<p>The season starts off in spectacular style with the Christmas lights switch on. Thousands of people flood to St. Helen&#8217;s Square and a local celebrity (or several) has the honour of turning on the miles of lights that cover the whole city.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w4lDUM76Zh4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Feeling hungry?!<\/h3>\n<p>After all that counting down, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll want something to eat. York is not short of good food &#8211; you could even splash out at Betty&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-4186-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN4000-small.jpg?fit=1280%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4212&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN4000 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;An amazing train inside Betty\\u0026#8217;s Tea Room&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN4001-small-e1543501094944.jpg?fit=720%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4211&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN4001 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Delicious chocolate teddy bears in Betty\\u0026#8217;s Tea Room&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN3998-small-e1543500972536.jpg?fit=720%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4210&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN3998 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Christmas decorations in Betty\\u0026#8217;s Tea Room&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p>Or try out one of the amazing food stands at the famous St. Nicholas Fair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-4186-2-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN4050-small.jpg?fit=1280%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4217&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN4050 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Mmmmm cr\\u00eapes&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN4019-small.jpg?fit=1280%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4221&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN4019 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;St Nicola\\u0026#8217;s Christmas Fair&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN4053-small.jpg?fit=1280%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4216&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN4053 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Yum!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<h3>Time for some shopping<\/h3>\n<p>After that, you&#8217;ll want to check out all festive stalls. Maybe splurge on a Christmas present for a loved one (or yourself, I won&#8217;t tell).<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-4186-3-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN4013-small.jpg?fit=1280%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4223&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN4013 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN4060-small.jpg?fit=1280%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4214&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN4060 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN4015-small-e1544010116163.jpg?fit=720%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4222&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN4015 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p>Take a wander along the shambles, there might even be a wintry surprise!<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-4186-4-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" 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knowledge that you&#8217;ve enjoyed the very best of what York has to offer this festive season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-4186-5-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/DSCN4030-small-e1544010347899.jpg?fit=720%2C960\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4218&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DSCN4030 small&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Parliament 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See you next year!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/category\/city-life\/festive-york\/\">Read more blogs about how students get festive in York!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York is known as one of the most festive cities in the country and walking around, it&#8217;s easy to see why. From the bustling Christmas markets to the thousands of Christmas lights strung around the streets, it&#8217;s clear York gets Christmas right. 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