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A very merry Christmas from Cheltenham Festivals...

A Very Merry Christmas from Cheltenham Festivals...

'Tis just weeks before Christmas, and here at Cheltenham Festivals we're beginning to feel distinctly, well, Festive! To celebrate this jolliest of seasons we asked the stars of this year's Literature Festival to share with us a special Christmas Memory.

Every day of advent we'll be unwrapping a different Christmas Memory for your delight and delectation. And as an extra-special treat, every Festive-Friday we'll be hearing from our Festival Directors and giving away Festive-al prizes galore!

So sit back, grab a mince pie and unwrap a very special Festive-al memory...

Monday, 24 December 2012

24th December... a festive treat

Over Christmas the Festival teams will be putting the finishing touches on the 2013 programmes and we’ll be making some big announcements early in the new year.

As a festive treat two of our confirmed artists for next year have recorded their own very special Christmas videos for us. So grab a mince pie, pull on your best Christmas jumper and sit back and enjoy some festive cheer from Jazz Festival favourite Joe Stilgoe, and Music Festival headliners a cappella group The Swingle Singers…

Joe Stilgoe

The Swingle Singers

We look forward to seeing you for a whole year of Festivals in 2013!

Sunday, 23 December 2012

23rd December: Tom Hollander

Today's festive-al Christmas memory comes from popular actor Tom Hollander.

Tom was interviewed in Cheltenham, discussing his career, and the inspiration for the Bafta award-winning series Rev .

Saturday, 22 December 2012

22nd December: David Suchet

David Suchet provides today's advent entry, with what is so special about his own Christmas.

David joined us at the Literature Festival to reflect on his 43-year-long career - from humble beginnings as a spear-carrier at the RSC, to playing Agatha Christie’s suave Belgian super-sleuth.