The Tree Lighting Weekend activities with Norwegian visitors is back for the first time since 2019.
Tree Lighting Weekend: Orkney Norway Friendship
The Grump Who Stole Christmas #ShopLocal
Kirkwall BID’s Christmas activities start the weekend of 3rd and 4th of December
M&Co Orkney Supporting The Peedie Retreat
Every year local shop M& Co Orkney choose a charity in their local community which will benefit from money raised in their Kirkwall shop.
Orkney Charities Christmas Bazaar
The bazaar is being staged in the St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, for the very first time, with stalls set up throughout the whole building on Saturday 26th November 11am-3pm
Christmas Appeal: Raising Funds for Books
“The simple pleasure of owning a book can make a huge difference in children’s lives, bringing comfort, escapism and togetherness in families.” Marc Lambert, CEO Scottish Book Trust
Christmas Cards In The Ditches
“We put the ‘paper’ bin out/ With Christmas cards for re-cycling”
Lighting up Kirkwall & Hearts: Christmas Tractor Run
Orkney’s farming community brought joy to their community yesterday, 29th of December, when a spectacular tractor run filled the streets of Kirkwall with the lights of the festive season.
Sgathaich: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
“Homer genuinely wants his family to have a good Christmas but due to a number of factors, they have no money.”
Get On Board for the Orkney Christmas 2021 Tractor Run
The farming community in Orkney have organised what will be a fantastic festive show with a decorated parade of tractors on 29th of December starting at 6pm.
The Deepdale Monster : Orkney Christmas 1941
It was a story that in the winter of 1942 would set the printed presses rolling from its beginnings in Orkney, south to Edinburgh and onwards to London.
