Christmas 2009
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Planning your Christmas party for 2009 can be a difficult and time consuming job. At LA Limos one of the countries leading stretch limousines providers we have the solution. Start by checking out our Useful links to find the Christmas event you require. Once you know your destination contact us with the number in your party, date and time of your Christmas event and the type of stretch limousine you require. We will provide you with a quote to make that Christmas event special.
Why hire several taxis, or a minibus, coach for your Christmas transport. At L.A. Limos we can provide luxury transport for all your Xmas events that will replace taxis, minibus, or coach. Contact us today.
The LA Limos special Christmas light tour 2009
For Christmas 2009 we are providing a great night out in London to see the Christmas lights. From Monday to Thursday we will tour the London lights for 8 people for only £199. Book today
REGENT STREET IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE IT WILL JOIN WITH OXFORD STREET FOR THE WEST END’S FIRST EVER JOINT CHRISTMAS SWITCH-ON
Regent Street Christmas lights will be switched on 3 November 2009 and will be part of a joint West End switch-on to launch the Christmas season in London. The event will be part of the premier of Disney’s A Christmas Carol and launch of the Xmas season in London. Londons famous shopping streets will share Disney’s A Christmas Carol theme. The first Christmas lights to be switched will be Regent Street followed by the Oxford Street and finally the City of London. Once the lights have been switched on Regent Street will light up the sky with a pyrotechnic display.
The lights are on from November 3 until January 5, and LA Limo can make your Christmas special with a once in a lifetime trip for at people in a luxury stretch limousine for under £200. London will turn back the clock for ‘London’s Christmas Carol’, its largest christmas celebrations with Charles Dickens’ classic. The West End’s most famous streets, Regent Street and Oxford Street will have a series of public concerts, events and a world record gathering of carol singers in a joyful
The Bond Street Christmas Lights
The Bond Street Christmas Lights will be switched on in a ceremony on Thursday 19th November 2009, in an event featuring carols, live music, street entertainers, reindeer and even guaranteed snow.Christmas on Bond Street,
Bond Street will be transformed into a complete winter wonderland, bubbling with activity and entertainment. Visitors to the Bond Street Christmas Lights switch on can expect a suitably festive night of fun in the heart of central London.
With thanks to Londonview
Ideas for your Christmas 2009:
| Christmas Party 2009 at the Roebuck Ware | Christmas Party 2009 at Bury Lodge Stanstead |
| Christmas Party 2009 at Hatfield House, Hatfield | Christmas Party 2009 at Bush Hall, Hatfield |
| Christmas Party 2009 at the Ivy | Xmas Party 2009 at Chilford Hall, Cambridge |
| Christmas Party 2009 at Hilton Hotels | Xmas Party 2009 at Ramada Hotels |
| Christmas Party 2009 at Batchwood Hall | Xmas Party 2009 at the Theatre |
| Christmas Party 2009 in the West End | XmasParty 2009 in China Town |
| Christmas Party 2009 lets go Bowling | Xmas Party 2009 at the Rainforest |
| Christmas Party 2009 why not Tour of London sites | Xmas Party 2009 at Gosling Centre, WGC |
| Christmas Party 2009 at Tiger Tiger | Xmas Party 2009 at Sound |
| Christmas Party 2009 at Zoo Bar | Xmas Party 2009 at Spearmint Rhino |
| Local Christmas pantomime | Xmas Shopping |
The above list is our suggestions for your Christmas Party 2009, but you choose a venue and we will supply the limousine.
Christmas Shopping
Treat youself and your friends to a no hassle luxury day out by letting LA Limos take you to and from all the major London stores. Relax enjoy and pamper yourself.
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History of the Christmas party
Short Christmas history along with the Christmas traditions and songs of many nations. The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. The early Mesopotamians celebrated many of our Christmas traditions.
The Persians and the Babylonians celebrated a similar festival. When the Winter Solstice approached, with its long cold nights and short days, people feared the sun would not return. Special rituals and celebrations were held to welcome back the sun.
The festival called Saturnalia, was celebrated by the Romans to their god Saturn it began in the middle of December and ended on January 1st. The celebration would include masquerades in the streets, big festive meals, visiting friends, and the exchange of good-luck gifts a forerunner to the Christmas party. The Romans also decked their halls with garlands of laurel and green trees lit with candles.
Christians were alarmed by the continuing celebration of pagan customs such as Saturnalia among their converts. Some claim that the Christian Christmas celebration was invented to compete against the pagan celebrations of December. The 25th was not only sacred to the Romans but also to Persians, whose religion Mithraism was one of Christianity's main rivals at that time.
The Church took the merriment, lights, and gifts from the Saturnalia festival and bringing them to the celebration of Christmas, helping us to celebrate the modern Christmas party..
The exact day of the Christ child's birth has never been proved. Traditions say that it has been celebrated since the year 98 AD. In 137 AD the Bishop of Rome ordered the birthday of the Christ Child to be celebrated as a solemn feast. In 350 AD another Bishop of Rome, Julius I, chose December 25th as the observance of Christmas.
Christmas in Trafalgar Square
Christmas tree lighting ceremony
Each year since 1947, a Christmas tree has been given to the people of London from the people of Norway in gratitude for Britain's support for Norway during World War II. For many Londoners the Christmas tree and carol singing in Trafalgar Square signal the countdown to Christmas.
In 2008 the Christmas tree lighting ceremony was on Thursday 4 December, with the Mayor of London, the Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Mayor of Oslo taking part, and carol-singing led by the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Book now to see the Christmas lights and Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square.
The Oxford Street Christmas lights
Each Christmas the street is decorated with festive lights. In mid-to-late November a celebrity turns on the lights and they remain on until 6 January (Twelfth Night).
The use of Christmas lights began in 1959, five years after its neighbour Regent Street had begun the tradition. In 1967, as the recession hit London, the lights were stopped and only returned in 1978 when Oxford Street organised a laser display.[4]
[edit] Celebrities who turned on the Christmas lights
Christmas 2008 — Sugababes
Christmas 2007 — Leona Lewis [5]
Christmas 2006 — All Saints[6] (Peter André & Katie Price aka Jordan, G4, Andy Abraham)
Christmas 2005 — Westlife [7]
Christmas 2004 — Emma Watson, Il Divo, Steve Redgrave [8]
Christmas 2003 — Enrique Iglesias
Christmas 2002 — Blue
Christmas 2001 — S Club 7
Christmas 2000 — Charlotte Church [9]
Christmas 1999 — Ronan Keating [10]
Christmas 1998 — Zoë Ball
Christmas 1997 — Peter André
Christmas 1996 — Spice Girls
Christmas 1995 — Coronation Street Cast
Christmas 1994 — Lenny Henry
Christmas 1993 — Richard Branson
Christmas 1992 — Linford Christie
Christmas 1991 — Westminster Children's Hospital
Christmas 1990 — Cliff Richard
Christmas 1989 — Gorden Kaye
Christmas 1988 — Terry Wogan
Christmas 1987 — Derek Jameson
Christmas 1986 — Leslie Grantham, Anita Dobson
Christmas 1985 — Bob Geldof
Christmas 1984 — Esther Rantzen
Christmas 1983 — Pat Phoenix
Christmas 1982 — Daley Thompson
Christmas 1981 — Pilin Leon (Miss World, Venezuela)
A good Christmas party has several elements, a great venue, good food and drink and reliable transport, which LA Limos can provide with its luxury and stretch limousines at a price which will surprise you. Contact us today