RAINBOW BLOG: DECEMBER EVENTS!

After a 6-year hiatus, the Christmas Character Parade returned to the Trafford Centre last month, bringing with it the centres busiest day ever with over 131,000 visitors.  We had an amazing time bringing children’s favourites including Ginger from Vegesaurs, Miraculous’ Lady Bug & Cat Noir and Mr. Bump & Little Miss Sunshine to the stage and can’t wait to do it all again next year.

The same weekend, Bluey teamed up with Pudsey and Joe Wicks for the LIVE Activate Schools Special, before Pudsey joined Stephen Mulhern for a Deal or No Deal sketch, all in support of BBC Children in Need, who raised a phenomenal £45,507,536!

The Snowman™ wrapped up the month with a visit to Battersea Power Station for the launch of Classic FM and Global’s Make Some Noise’s charity campaign ‘The Big Christmas Chorus’. Celebrating 40 years since the release of “Walking in the Air”, the campaign invites schools and community choirs to perform the song and aims to raise funds for Make Some Noise’s supported charities.

For more enchanting character events, check out the list below to find out what’s happening near you (*events can be subject to change) …

2^nd December: Snoopy Meet & Greet – Bride Street, London

4^th December: Cookie Monster Meet & Greet – Hamley’s Westfield White City

5^th December: SpongeBob SquarePants Meet & Greet – Smyths Toys, Uxbridge

5^th – 7^th December: Bluey and Bingo Meet & Greet – Bluewater Ice Rink

6^th December: The Gruffalo & The Gruffalo’s Child Meet & Greet – Westgate Oxford

6^th December: Trolls’ Poppy & Branch Meet & Greet – The Brewery Shopping Centre, Romford

6^th December: The Grinch Meet & Greet – Buttermarket Cantre, Ipswich

6^th December: The Snowman™ Meet & Greet – Doncaster Frost Festival

6^th December: SpongeBob SquarePants Meet & Greet – The Entertainer Westfield White City

6^th December: Birdy Call Promo Activation – Ship Street, Brighton

6^th December: Stick Man Meet & Greet – Wallsend

7^th December: SpongeBob SquarePants Meet & Greet – Smyths Toys Old Kent Road

7^th December: Pingu Meet & Greet – Westgate Oxford

7^th December: The Grinch Meet & Greet – Hertfordshire Zoo, Broxbourne

13^th December: The Snowman™ Meet & Greet – Sharpes Pottery Museum, Swadlincote

13^th December: Snoopy Meet & Greet – The Brewery Shopping Centre, Romford

13^th December: Wallace & Gromit Meet & Greet – Westgate Oxford

13^th December: The Grinch Meet & Greet – Banham Zoo, Norwich

13^th December: Elves Behavin’ Badly Meet & Greet – Forum Shopping Centre, Sittingbourne

13^th & 14^th December: SpongeBob SquarePants & Patrick (13^th Only) Meet & Greet – Westfield Stratford

14^th December: The Grinch Meet & Greet – Hertfordshire Zoo, Broxbourne

14^th December: Bluey Meet & Greet – Hamleys Regent Street, London

14^th December: Superman Meet & Greet – Hamleys Regent Street, London

14^th December: Elves Behavin’ Badly Meet & Greet – Westgate Oxford

14^th December: The Snowman™ and The Snowdog Meet & Greet – Harlow Town Centre Christmas Market

19^th December: SpongeBob SquarePants Meet & Greet – Hamleys Regent Street, London

20^th December: The Snowman™ and The Snowdog Meet & Greet – Harlow Town Centre Christmas Market

20^th December: Paddington™ Meet & Greet – St Peter’s Quarter, Derby

20^th December: The Grinch Meet & Greet – Westgate Oxford

21^st December: The Snowman™ and The Snowdog Meet & Greet – Westgate Oxford

21^st December: The Grinch Meet & Greet – Hertfordshire Zoo, Broxbourne

28^th December: The Snowman™ Meet & Greet – Great Central Railway, Leicestershire

29^th December: The Snowman™ and The Snowdog Meet & Greet – Kent & East Sussex Railway

30^th December: The Snowman™ and The Snowdog Meet & Greet – East Somerset Railway