Edinburgh's Christmas celebrations kicked off on Thursday night however with the wind gusting gale force some the proposed events where curtailed to some degree. In the spirit of "the show must go on" the Snow Queen put on a magical performance even though her original 14-metre height was reduced to a more wind friendly altitude. As ever the lord provost did his stuff and hit the big red button and with wave of the Snow Queen's wand the thousands of lights that adorn the trees in princess street gardens burst into life.
Sadly the extensive firework display was scuppered buy the high winds. However the crowds attention soon turned to the other christmas faves such the German Christmas market with its warming gluhwein and traditional food stalls and the fairground rides soon got into full swing including the giant wheel taking folks to dizzy hights and amazing views.
On Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th we also have the St Andrews day celebrations to look forward to taking place on the Edinburgh castle esplanade. Events include ice sculptors working their magic on blocks of ice "can you tell what it is yet? " then on Sunday we have fire animation and the glow of many fire lanterns created by local school children the evening is then rounded off with an amazing film projection and fireworks display.
More information can be found at www.edinburghschristmas.com
Sadly the extensive firework display was scuppered buy the high winds. However the crowds attention soon turned to the other christmas faves such the German Christmas market with its warming gluhwein and traditional food stalls and the fairground rides soon got into full swing including the giant wheel taking folks to dizzy hights and amazing views.
On Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th we also have the St Andrews day celebrations to look forward to taking place on the Edinburgh castle esplanade. Events include ice sculptors working their magic on blocks of ice "can you tell what it is yet? " then on Sunday we have fire animation and the glow of many fire lanterns created by local school children the evening is then rounded off with an amazing film projection and fireworks display.
More information can be found at www.edinburghschristmas.com
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