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The festive season is fast approaching so it’s time to get planning. Here are some of the city’s finest restaurants which promise a Christmas filled with fun, food and fabulous festivities.

Explore 26 gift ideas to make someone's Christmas special this year!

Make no mis-steak this festive season as Bar + Block in Birmingham and Leamington Spa serves up a menu for you to eat, drink and be merry. 

Be transported to a Christmas Wonderland at avant-garde cocktail bar and restaurant, The Lost & Found, located on Bennetts Hill. 

Starting this Saturday 25 November, the SVR’s hugely popular Santa Trains will be departing Kidderminster on a magical steam train journey to Arley. 

Award-winning conference and events venue, Millennium Point, has announced an enchanting and unforgettable experience for families this Christmas, with a magical screening of The Polar Express and a special visit from Santa.

Join Sandwell Council’s museums this Christmas as they unwrap festive fun for all the ages – from crafts to carol singing.

The decorations are up, the cards are written, and the presents are (mostly) bought – so why not let B:Music put the finishing touches to your festive season?

Touchwood is set to sparkle and shine this Christmas, with the return of Santa’s Grotto, meet and greets with the kids favourite seasonal characters and carols from local choirs.

BOX is sleighing with their Christmas dishes this year, and you won’t want to miss out on this cracker of a line-up. 

Christmas is just around the corner and it won’t be long before the region comes alive with a whole host of dazzling light displays! 

The festive event is returning to the grounds of Birmingham Cathedral for the third year running.

RBH Creative Communications is embodying its ‘Dare to care’ principle as it delivers essential supplies and funds to twenty-four chosen charities in the lead-up to Christmas.

Christmas theatre in Birmingham has a spectacular array of shows for all visitors, from pantomime to ballet and everything in between.

The Christmas extravaganza, that is Winter Funland, is officially open and has one aim, to bring a holly jolly Christmas to the people of the Midlands.

From magical illuminated light trails to a ride on an immersive Polar Express inspired train, we have compiled our top 11 activities to keep you and your whole family entertained this Christmas.

The Digbeth-based party venue Luna Springs will be hosting a wild Christmas season, with an entertainment line-up including a Mariah vs Buble brunch, Massaoke Christmas and a Bad Santa Bottomless Brunch. 

The ho-ho-holiday season is here and to get you in the festive mood, contemporary steakhouse Bar + Block Birmingham and Leamington Spa has raised the steaks with a drool-worthy festive menu.

The NEC Elves have arrived in town to celebrate a packed programme of festive events for families to enjoy this Christmas.

Escape the cold this winter and feel the festive warmth at Stratford Butterfly Farm this Christmas.