Filmhouse Slackers Club: a free-to-join club especially for students offering members the chance to attend very special free monthly screenings. This month: The Woman In Black: Angel of Death (15). 9pm, Cameo Cinema, 38 Home Street. Free: book online or call the Box Office on 0871 902 5723. You must join the Slackers Club before you can book tickets for this screening.
Festive crafts for children: 3pm, Piershill Library, 30 Piershill Terrace. All welcome!
Stories Round The Tree: join storyteller Fiona Herbert for a magical afternoon of wintry tales and music around the Centre’s Christmas tree. For anyone aged 4 or older! 1-1.45pm or 3-3.45pm, Storytelling Court, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street. £5 per adult, £3 per child/concession, family ticket (for 4) £14; book online here or call the Box Office on 0131 556 9579. (Note: sessions on 24th December already sold out).
eBook Surgery: get help with downloading free eBooks, emagazines and audiobooks. 2-3.30pm, Central Library, George IV Bridge. No appointment necessary – just drop in.
Santa Baby Cafe! A festive baby cafe with coffee, tea, chat and play, for babies and children 0-4 years and their grown ups. 10.30-11.30am, Stockbridge Library, 11 Hamilton Place.
Cramond Kirk Christmas Club: games, crafts, music, drama, dance and baking! For all children aged 3+. 10am-1pm, Kirk Hall, Cramond Kirk, Cramond Glebe Road. Snacks and refreshments provided. All very welcome: £5 per child. Booking is required: forms are available on the Kirk website here or from the Kirk office, The Manse, 16 Cramond Glebe Road (9am-12 noon).
Messy Nativity! 4-5.30pm, Saltyard Cafe, 158 Dalry Road. Also at same times on Wednesday 24th December 2014.
Christmas Singalong – for all the family. Starts at 10.30am, South Queensferry Library, Shore Road. Everyone welcome!
Greenman’s Grotto at The Secret Herb Garden: instead of Santa asking a child ‘what do you want for Christmas?’, why not allow a child the chance to hear how to respect and care for something really special – a tree? Enter the enchanted glasshouse and follow a fairy path to a hidden natural grotto where the Greenman awaits; once here choose a bare root tree from six indigenous species: alder, rowan. silver birch, oak, scots pine or hawthorn. The Greenman will help you to pot up your tree and to choose a stone or shell to keep with it; there will also be advice on how to nurture your gift. Allow the tree to become part of your life, grow together through the changing seasons, and witness the magic unfold. 10am-4pm, The Secret Herb Garden, 32a Old Pentland Road, EH10 7EA (for more information re location see the Secret Herb Garden’s website or call 07525 069773). £5 per child or adult, no booking required.
Music Among The Trees: Ross Gubby. Organ scholar Ross entertains visitors to the Edinburgh Christmas Tree Festival on the Wells Kennedy organ. 12 noon-1pm, Sanctuary, St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 13 George Street. Free: all welcome.
The Raymond Briggs Trilogy: The Snowman 29 mins (U), Father Christmas 26 mins (U) and The Bear (U) 26 mins. 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Book online or call the box office on 0131 228 2688. Also at same time on Wednesday 24th December.
Music Among The Trees: James MacNeill explores the range of the Wells Kennedy organ to entertain visitors to the Edinburgh Christmas Tree Festival. 2-3pm, Sanctuary, St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 13 George Street. Free: all welcome.
Retro Gaming Night: still trying to crack your top time of Super Mario Bros? A geeky night of retro and console games. 6-11.45pm, The Counting House Bar, 36 West Nicolson Street. Free entry.
