What shall we do today?  What day is it? The presents have been unwrapped, the Christmas dinner devoured, the new board games exhausted, you can’t face another chocolate and you need to get up from in front of the TV!  If you are looking for a reason to leave the house in that post-Christmas period here’s your guide to What’s On during the Christmas holiday period…

Panto

If you haven’t been to the Panto yet, there plenty of options locally for this most British of Christmas traditions…

Sleeping Beauty - The Eric Morecambe Centre (until 30th December)

Puss In Boots - Sandpit Theatre (until 29th December)

Cinderella - The Alban Arena (until 12th January)

Sleeping Beauty - Campus West (until 5th January)

Cinderella and the Glass Slipper - BEAM Hertford (until 1st January)

Beauty and the Beast - Grove Theatre (until 5th January)

Aladdin - Watford Palace Theatre (until 31st December)

Other shows

If Panto isn’t for you there are other options… 

The Railway Children - Abbey Theatre (until 28th December)

A Christmas Carol - The Roman Theatre of Verulamium (until 29th December)

The Elves and the Jingle Bell Ball - The British Schools Museum (until 31st December)

Walks and trails

You could blow off the cobwebs and work off all the excesses of Christmas with a fun family walk…

Post-Christmas Gentle Stroll - Dunstable Downs (29th December)

Christmas Reindeer Search (FREE) - Stanborough Park (until 29th December)

Family trail: Chaos at Christmas - Dunstable Downs (until 31st December)

Narnia at Wrest Park - Wrest Park (until 31st December)

Ashridge House Illuminated - Ashridge House (until 1st January)

The Naughty Elf Trail - Jordans Mill (until 5th January)

More winter fun

And there’s still more fun to be had…

New Year's Day Duck Race - The Marquis of Granby Pub (1st January)

Family Friendly New Years Eve Party - Aldwickbury Park Golf club (31st January)

Winter Arts and Crafts at Rye Meads - RSPB Rye Meads (until 2nd January)

Van Hage Christmas Circus - Van Hage Garden Centre (until 5th January)

And don’t forget that you can find lots of places to go and local attractions to visit, both indoors and outdoors, in our Things To Do section.