Create your Christmas


Get into the holiday spirit with our special Christmas-themed courses.

Add a festive touch to your skills and creativity and experience the joy of the festive season with our thoughtfully selected Christmas courses. From enjoyable crafts to delicious recipes and more, our courses cover everything that makes any Grinch feel merry. Embrace the pleasure of learning and create lasting memories this holiday season! 

 

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Craft: Festive Decorations Workshop

This is a women-only, Festive Decorations workshop. This workshop is for everyone, whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced learner. No prior knowledge or experience is required. This is a fun and friendly one-day course aimed at bringing the community together. You will learn lots through this practical activity at your local community venue. Demonstration and instructions will be given by our friendly and experienced tutor to help you make your own festive decorations to hang in your own home or gift to family & friends. A limited number of tools and materials will be provided by the tutor.
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Dates:
Mon 20/11/2023 -
Mon 20/11/2023
Times:
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Duration:
1 sessions
Location:
Newcastle Bangladeshi Association
246-248 Elswick Road
Newcastle
NE4 6SN
Tutor:
Elaine Swan
Course code:
Q00012665
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
In progress
Fee range
Free to £8.40

Ways to Wellbeing: Aroma for Christmas

Join me on this short course designed to give you the basic tools to give a therapeutic Christmas gift in the form of a wellbeing treatment to your loved ones. Its a wonderful and holistic way to run up to Christmas rather than rushing around shops to buy therapeutic products! This course is to support and improve wellbeing through creativity.
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Dates:
Wed 29/11/2023 -
Wed 20/12/2023
Times:
9:00am - 11:00am
Duration:
4 sessions
Tutor:
Georgia Daniel
Course code:
Q00009324
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
8 places remaining
Status:
In progress
Fee range
Free to £29.60

Literature: The Man who banned Christmas - how Christmas was banned under Oliver Cromwell

It’s popularly believed that Oliver Cromwell and his period of rule known as the Protectorate banned Christmas. This one off course will seek to investigate this belief and consider what truly occurred in the period of the English Civil War and the years after. Our discussions will focus on the following questions and issues: • the nature of the Stuart Christmas. • the religious background during the early seventeenth century which contributes to the ‘banning’ of Christmas. • how Christmas was argued over in print and art. • how society in a broad sense reacted to the threat to centuries of tradition that such a banning of Christmas implied. • Why the banning of Christmas proved ineffective.
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Dates:
Sat 09/12/2023 -
Sat 09/12/2023
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
1 sessions
Tutor:
Stephen Smith
Course code:
Q00011980
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
0 places remaining
Status:
In progress
Fee range
Free to £7.40

Care 2: Make homemade mincemeat for Christmas

This course is for carers, former carers and the cared for, join me in this course where we will be making homemade mincemeat for your mince pies for Christmas. You can make work alongside me or watch and make these in your own time.
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Dates:
Mon 11/12/2023 -
Mon 11/12/2023
Times:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Duration:
1 sessions
Tutor:
Catherine Wilcock
Course code:
Q00011046
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee:
Free

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Film and Media: Christmas Movie Crackers!

Escape from the hurly-burly of Christmas shopping by indulging in this celebration and exploration of the most festive films ever made. Dive into iconic classics like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Love Actually." Uncover the essence of a perfect Christmas movie while contrasting diverse versions of "A Christmas Carol." Prepare to be astonished by revelations about Santa Claus! And the age-old debate: Is "Die Hard" truly a Christmas movie? Delve into this exploration, discovering what defines holiday cinema magic and what misses the mark. Escape the hustle and bustle, immersing yourself in the joy of these cinematic treasures amid the seasonal frenzy.
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Dates:
Mon 11/12/2023 -
Mon 11/12/2023
Times:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Duration:
1 sessions
Location:
Jubilee Hall Loddon (Loddon)
George Lane
Loddon
NR14 6NB
Tutor:
Nigel Herwin
Course code:
Q00012929
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £5.00

Cooking Practical: Christmas on a budget

Cooking a homemade Christmas dinner doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. Learn how to feed the whole family with a tasty and affordable festive meal in this Christmas cooking on a budget course. This is a cooking and personal finance course rolled into one. You’ll get practical budgeting tips you can apply in the kitchen. This course is ideal for you if you’d like to learn how to cook homemade meals on a reduced budget.
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Dates:
Tue 12/12/2023 -
Tue 19/12/2023
Times:
10:00am - 1:00pm
Duration:
2 sessions
Location:
Hesters Way Community Resource Centre
Cassin Drive
Cheltenham
GL51 7SU
Tutor:
Julia Milton
Course code:
Q00013010
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
6 places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £25.20

Craft: Christmas Crafts

This is a 2-week fun and festive craft course, where you will be able to learn how to make festive crafts, perhaps for decorating your home or to give as a gift to friends and family. This course is for every level of skills in crafts, so it doesn’t matter if you have never created a craft project before. This course will support you with all aspects of creations. We hope to have a follow-on course ready to join in January if you find this course perfect for you.
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Dates:
Tue 12/12/2023 -
Tue 19/12/2023
Times:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Duration:
2 sessions
Location:
Community Club
Macrae House
Sea View Walk
Murton
SR7 9NA
Tutor:
Jayne Clark
Course code:
Q00013112
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £16.80

History: Masks, Mumming and Merriment: Medieval Christmas Plays and Theatre

The twelve days of Christmas was an important holiday for ordinary people in the middle ages, a time full of merriment, feasting and entertainment. Alongside eating, drinking, singing and dancing, watching a play was a popular Christmas pastime and this one-off session will explore what these plays were like. We will focus on three very different plays and will discuss what the plays were about, how and where they were staged, and who would have been watching them. Warning- you may encounter stage devils, references to bare bottoms, and maybe even a very rude song in Latin!
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Dates:
Wed 13/12/2023 -
Wed 13/12/2023
Times:
10:30am - 12:30pm
Duration:
1 sessions
Tutor:
Kate Jewell
Course code:
Q00012476
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £7.40

Craft: Make a Simple Christmas Gift

Christmas is the perfect time to get your creative juices flowing! You can save money and give unique and personal handmade items which your nearest and dearest will love! Come along to this short taster session and have a go at creating a small Christmas gift. Options could include a small zip purse, an envelope cushion or simple tote bag to use as a gift. These projects will help improve your sewing machine skills and help you to use up small bits of your fabric stash. As this is an intermediate level course, a small amount of previous experience will be needed.
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Dates:
Wed 13/12/2023 -
Wed 20/12/2023
Times:
9:00am - 11:00am
Duration:
2 sessions
Tutor:
Rebecca Spear
Course code:
Q00013158
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
2 places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £14.80

Craft: Christmas / Festive Wreath Making

This Christmas Wreath making session is for everyone, no prior knowledge or experience is required. This is a fun and friendly course aimed at bringing the community together.You will learn through lots through this practical activity a demonstration and instructions will be given by your tutor to help make your own wreath to hang on your own home or could be gifted to family & friends. A limited amount of tools and materials will be provided by the tutor.
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Dates:
Mon 18/12/2023 -
Mon 18/12/2023
Times:
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Duration:
1 sessions
Location:
Riverside Community Health Project (Newc
Carnegie Building
Atkinson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 8XS
Tutor:
Elaine Swan
Course code:
Q00011601
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
9 places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £10.50