The pavements may be lined with tree carcasses but London’s ice rinks are still open and we’ve not lost our seasonal cheer.
Don’t forget to stop by our Holiday Guide and Top Shows for Under 5s for family activities ongoing through mid-January. Here’s looking at you, 2012!
Spaghetti Western Orchestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, SE1 (Jan 5-11)
Cirque du Soleil: Totem, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 (Jan 5-Feb 16)
Ice Palaces at Somerset House, WC2 (Jan 7 & 14)
The Railway Children at Waterloo Station Theatre, SE1 (until Jan 8)
The Snowman, Peacock Theatre, Portugal St, WC2 (until Jan 8)
Bagpuss at Soho Theatre, Dean St, W1 (until Jan 8)
Mr Rabbit Meets Brer Santa at Puppet Theatre Barge, Little Venice, W9 (until Jan 9)
Olympic Gymnastics Qualifier at O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, Greenwich, SE10 (Jan 10-18)
London International Mime Festival, various venues (Jan 11-29)
Cinderella at Chickenshed Theatre, Southgate N14 (until Jan 14)
Mwalimu Express at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Rd, E1 (Jan 15)
Apassionata at O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, Greenwich, SE10 (Jan 21)
David Hockney at Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, W1 (Jan 21-Apr 9)
Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker, Sadler’s Wells, Angel, N1 (until Jan 22)
Fireman Sam Live at Hammersmith Apollo, W6 (Jan 28)
Chinese New Year Celebrations, across Chinatown and Trafalgar Square (Jan 29)
Goldilocks at Little Angel Theatre, 14 Dagmar Passage, N1 (until Jan 29)
Winter Exhibition at the Illustration Cupboard, SW1 (until Jan 31)
Ongoing
Leonardo Da Vinci at National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2 (until Feb 5)
Shrek the Musical at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane WC2 (until Feb 19)
Magic Worlds at V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, E2 (until Mar 4)
Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, SW7 (until Mar 11)
Welcome to Monsterville at Discover Story Centre, Stratford E16 (until Mar)
Matilda the Musical, Cambridge Theatre, WC2 (until Oct 21)
Calendar Cutie
Our first cover girl of the New Year is cheeky Tuna, aged 15 months, caught out shopping with her mum on a visit to London from Istanbul. Turn that (balloon) frown upside down, Tuna!
Send in your favourite photos of your babes (ages 5 and under) for a chance to be our next Calendar Cutie and be entered into a prize draw! Email photos and a short description to editor@babesabouttown.com
