See the list of activities taking place on the 18th December that you can do to keep your child occupied. Note that the activities listed that are set against a red background are free to participate in.
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| Activity | Time | Location |
| Kids Xmas Party | 1-6 pm | Pheasey Community Hub |
| Santa Stage Show and Cinderella Pantomime | 12-4pm | Cadbury World |
| Luminate Winter Light Festival |
4.30 to 8pm | Birmingham Botanical Gardens |
| Thinktank Elf Trail |
10.30am | thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum |
| Nativity! The Musical |
11am +
3pm |
the Rep |
| Breakfast with Santa | Aston Villa, Villa Park | |
| Dick Whittington |
Birmingham Hippodrome | |
| The Bear by Raymond Briggs | 11am and 2pm | The Mac Birmingham |
| Julia Donaldson’s Tales from Acorn Wood at Christmas |
10am, 1pm and 4pm | Birmingham Hippodrome |
| Winter Funland Birmingham + Santa’s Grotto |
11am + 5pm | Birmingham NEC |
| Jack and the Magic Beanstalk |
11am +3pm | The Rep, near the Library of Birmingham |
| Ice Skate Birmingham | 45 minute slots
10am-10pm |
Centenary Square |
| Nativity! The Musical |
11am +3.30pm | The Rep, near the Library of Birmingham |
| Christmas Window Trail | all day | the Jewellery Quarter |
| Moseley and Kings Heath Lions Club |
4.15pm start |
Cartland Road Area |
| Brum’s Penguin Parade | all day | first penguin located in selfridges |
| Santa and Friends at Selfridges |
2pm-5pm | Selfridges |