Monday: Nine Lessons and Carols, Bristol Cathedral
Made famous by King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Nine Lessons and Carols is a Christmas Eve service which includes carols and Bible readings.
www.bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Tuesday: Christmas Day
If you don’t fancy slaving over a hot stove, have your Christmas lunch out at venues that include the Avon Gorge Hotel, Berwick Lodge, Browns and The Botanist.

Wednesday: Bad Manners, Fleece
The annual festive knees up from Bad Manners and their larger than life singer, Buster Bloodvessel, whose two previous shows at the Fleece have both sold-out.
www.thefleece.co.uk/bad-manners-nbsp-special-guests

Thursday: Dangerously Funky Santa’s Christmas Funkathon, The Old Duke
The funk covers band with the best name this side of the North Pole aim to bring you out of your turkey-induced coma with an evening of festive funky frolics.
www.theoldduke.co.uk/listings.htm

Friday: Wildlife Friday Finds, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Meet the museum’s biology curator and bring in your wildlife find for her to identify. Forms part of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
www.bristol.gov.uk/page/leisure-and-culture/

Saturday: Last Night of the Christmas Proms, Colston Hall
An evening of popular classics from the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, including Nessun Dorma, Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory.
www.colstonhall.org/whatson/Event3198

Sunday: Mid-August Lunch, Watershed
Pretend it’s the summer with this Italian comedy about a middle-aged man stuck in his tiny flat in the company of four demanding elderly women, including his mother.
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/a-feast-of-film-sunday-brunches-midaugust-lunch/