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Christmas

A Merry Kentish Twixmas

The days between Christmas and New Year can feel like a blur – a time when you’re full of cheese but not ready for sales shopping. If you’re looking to escape the sofa and make the most of Kent’s incredible offerings and support independent local businesses, here are five great ways to spend the “Twixmas” period while avoiding the Boxing Day sale shopping crowds.

Festive Hampers from Kent Food Hubs

Make this festive season extra special with Kent Food Hubs’ selection of Christmas hampers and bundles.

Folkestone Harbour Welcomes the Return of its Folkestone Festive Marketplace for a full ‘Christmas-on-Sea’ experience 

Folkestone Harbour, on the Kent coast, is gearing up for the return of the Folkestone Festive Marketplace, promising to be its biggest and most magical year yet, including the addition of a new Harbour Grotto festive experience, putting a maritime…

Strive to Buy Five from   Kent this Christmas

Treat yourself and your loved ones to the best of Kent this Christmas, whilst supporting all your favourite small businesses. Produced in Kent has an enormous selection of suggestions for the festive season, from where to find your festive turkey…

The magic of Christmas Kindness comes to Kent, winner donates prize to Northfleet hospice

The winner of the Produced in Kent Christmas Kindness competition has generously shared her prize with a local hospice in Northfleet time for Christmas. Trade organisation Produced in Kent has been inviting Kent residents to support their local businesses and…

Make Christmas about kindness this year: shop local and WIN a hamper for you and a friend

What could be better than spreading kindness while doing your Christmas shopping this year?   Produced in Kent, the membership organisation supporting the county’s independent artisan producers, is launching a Christmas Kindness competition, it’s an effortless way to support local and…

A Kentish Christmas Deserves a Quality Kentish Turkey

Macknade have something for every Christmas get-together this year, whether you have a large family to feed or are scaling back again this year, Macknade have the perfect turkey feast for every size of celebration. Whole turkeys from 5kg to…

Countdown to Christmas. Your Top 10 Essential Guide. Day 8.

Every Christmas we enjoy a panettone and this year is no different. This year we will be tucking into this delicious Italian traditional Panettone from Macknade in Faversham. With another store in Elwick Plack Ashford, if you need last-minute Christmas…

Countdown to Christmas. Your Top 10 Essential Guide. Day 7

For all your Christmas beer needs, visit The Old Dairy Brewery and their pop-up shop in Tenterden. Tenterden High Street – open from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm & Christmas Eve from 9.30 – 12.00 A national award-winning brewery nestled in…

Countdown to Christmas. Your Top 10 Essentials with Taste Kent. Day 2.

Day 2 For seasonal vegetables grown locally pop over to Broadditch Farm Shop to stock up for Christmas day. If you haven’t got your Christmas tree yet you can pick one up with your parsnips! Bursting with produce to inspire…