the most wonderful night of the year 

Everyone loves the most wonderful time of the year and it is bigger, brighter than ever at this year’s Barleylands’ Christmas Charity Event on Thursday 20 November from 4pm to 10pm.buy  

A festive evening in real traditional style, the event will bring together the many crafts available at this popular venue in one magical Christmas celebration.  Head for Hazle’s Pottery Barn where visitors can try pottery painting or the potter’s wheel, buy some charming Christmas gifts and enjoy a glass of mulled wine. Simply Cakes for You will invite visitors to guess the weight of the cake as well as buy a cake for the family to enjoy and buy cake-making equipment too.

Sharon of Knitwits asks you to name the doggy in the window and will be selling special clothes for your pets’ Christmas gifts! If you’re artistically inclined, head for the Craft Arena where Denise Gannon will be demonstrating embroidery, mixed media and metal embossing and selling original textile art pictures, Christmas button necklaces, decorations and hand-made gifts.

Why not indulge that sweet tooth at Fantabulous with special Christmas pudding fudge, chocolate orange and Cointreau fudge and a surprise variety, with a free gift when you spend £5 or more. Call in to Tylers Patch who will be offering attractive Christmas fabrics to liven you or your home, as well as raffling an advent sack in the true spirit of Christmas.

All this to see and do as well as traditional Christmas carols from local school choirs and an appearance from Billericay’s Charlie Wernham from Britain’s Got Talent, and special guests, the famous Pearly Kings and Queens, who’ll lead a Christmas sing-along make it a date in your diary for a night not to be missed. Entrance and parking is free for event, so make a date in your diary and tell your friends about this special Christmas Charity Night with a sparkling difference.