Santa made a triumphant return to Edinburgh tonight with a dazzling show in St Andrew Square Garden and a sleigh ride through the centre of the city.  The build-up started at 5pm, with children in reindeer outfits, sugar plum fairies and a Brazilian samba band entertaining the crowd.  Santa arrived in St Andrew Square […]

A group of Santas were put through their paces at Meadowbank Stadium this morning, to get them gold-medal ready for the tenth Great Edinburgh Santa Run, which takes place this Sunday 9 December.  The Great Edinburgh Santa Run turns the city centre into a sea of red and white, as volunteer Santas of all ages run, jog or […]

Light Up Scotland for World AIDS Day 2012   Saturday 1st December is the 24th annual World AIDS Day. It is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in support of people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died. Buildings and landmarks are being lit up in red on the 1st December […]

Edinburgh’s Christmas flies the flag for St Andrew’s Day   St Andrew’s Day was marked in a very special way as part of Edinburgh’s Christmas and Scotland’s Winter Festivals when around six thousand people turned out to see a spectacular Carnival at the Castle. In the second of two bespoke shows created especially for Edinburgh […]

    Edinburgh’s Christmas got off to a spectacular start last night, as the city marked the beginning of the annual countdown to Christmas. This year, the first of two shows created especially for Edinburgh by performing arts company, Emergency Exit Arts, opened the Christmas celebrations. The second show will be on Andrew’s Day evening […]

  With the festive season fast approaching, plans for a bigger and better Edinburgh’s Christmas this year have been unveiled, proving once again that Scotland’s capital is one of the best places to be at Christmas-time. Commissioned by the City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh’s Christmas 2012 runs for six weeks from Thursday 29 November until […]