Winter wonderland
winter wonderland christmas fair funfair held mainly united kingdom around christmas season winter wonderland usually includes attraction germanstyle christmas market santa grotto amusement ride ice skating rink winter wonderland range smallscale singleday event large city centre fair lasting several week many british city host winter wonderland similar christmas market held european continent london hyde park winter wonderland drawing million guest independent winter wonderland also common similar format travelling carnival often high price poor quality attraction become notorious journalist isabelle fraser writing daily telegraph described rubbish british christmas festival tradition regular news story event little ice age european climate much cooler frost fair frozen river provided outdoor skating entertainment died th century winter became milder winter wonderland relatively recent invention – uk tradition christmas market seen germany weather december usually mild snow ice modern british winter wonderland started early driven combination boosterism local council entrepreneur one first christmas fair prince street garden edinburgh started partly reduce crowding hogmanay following crowd crush became edinburgh christmas hyde park winter wonderland another early winter wonderland uk opening modest funfair organised royal park significantly expanded taken private enterprise event encompassed ice skating ferris wheel multiple rollercoasters themed area bavarian village circus santa land town city followed similar event largest held nottingham portsmouth norwich york newcastle upon tyne birmingham winter wonderland draw large crowd mean peak time extremely loud busy heavy drinking guest often lead crowd control problem violence many also criticised overly commercialised high price heavy emphasis sale although visitor tend spend less intended wonderland heavy stall ride well footfall numerous guest damage ground especially typical wet wintry condition take month public park recover impact hosting winter wonderland narrow emphasis christmas tradition central northern europe – especially germany particularly bavaria nordic particularly lapland – noted inauthentic traditional british christmas tradition especially uk lack regular snow experienced area ignoring modern diversity christmas tradition practised immigrant community major city london following spread cityrun winter wonderland came large number privately organised event attempting copy formula event become notorious high price poor quality animal welfare violation news report disastrous example become tradition christmas silly season early example lapland new forest hampshire charged £ entrance fee extra fee grotto market became subject considerable negative coverage due attraction long queue rude staff member reindeer husky kept poor condition since numerous attraction dubbed winter blunderlands including lapland west midland milton keynes winter wonderland yorkshire magical winterland laurence llewelyn bowens magical journey bakewell winter wonderland enchanted balgone estate