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• Santa’s Grotto & Farm Village Festive Fun
  Hatton Country World 6th & 7th, 13th & 14th, 18th to 24th December 2008 Come and see Santa in his magical Grotto, say hello to his reindeer and meet the nativity animals as you hear the Christmas story.
• Tutbury Village Christmas Festival
  Friday 28th November   Get into the Festive Spirit with a Musical Procession through the village, Illumination Switch On, Traditional Street Market, Christmas Produce, Ghost Stories, Fairy Grotto, Santa, Tutbury Band, other musical entertainers and much more.
• Victorian Evening at Hoar Park
  Thursday 4 December 2008 from 6 pm Come along to Hoar Park and enjoy a Traditional Victorian Christmas Evening.
• Spooky Stomp
  Funky Monkeys and the Myasthenia Gravis Association are organising a Spooky Stomp this Friday in Sutton Park.
• Diwali 2008
  Walsall Art Gallery 22nd November 11am - 4pm   The celebration of the festival of light, where the lights or lamps signify victory of  good over the evil within every human being.
• Creature Crazy
  Walsall Art Gallery 28th – 31st  October 1pm - 3pm  If you love dressing up come and create a weird animal headdress this half term for you to wear or some alien antennae.

Birches Valley Forest Centre: Forest Tots

First Tuesday of the month. Come and join the Forest Tots club for pre-school children and their carers. Each month there will be a different craft activity to enjoy and a pushchair friendly walk. Biscuits and juice provided. 10.30-12.00 and 1.00-2.30. £2.50 per child. Booking is essential, call 01889 586 593. Birches Valley Forest Centre, Cannock Forest, Staffordshire.