A History of Christmas Markets through Santa’s Beer Goggles

A different spin on pub crawls and Christmas marketsAll too often we miss what is right in front of us. This book hopes to open the reader’s eyes, not only to drinking establishments, Christmas markets (home and abroad), but to provide you with some interesting facts, traditions, history and trivia to boot.Christmas and alcohol seem to have been in step for centuries, and this set of ‘crawls’ aims to make your trips to the Christmas markets a little bit different.Although we have left the EU, thousands still travel to Europe (as well as in the UK) to quench their thirst for all things Christmas.So, if you like socialising, having a tipple or two, enjoy finding new places to eat and drink, and visiting Christmas markets, these reasons alone would be enough for you to dig further into this book.But is you are also interested in history, ghosts, traditions, trivia, around Christmas itself, and on top of that the locations, then look no further. Six crawls, six Christmas markets, lots of pubs, and so much more.Enjoy your crawling!

Cyril is a retired London firefighter, who at now works for Transport for London, advising on aspects of safety. He is married to Jackie and together they have three grown-up children, Georgina, Anne-Marie and Spencer. At the time of writing they have one Grandson, Coray.

Cyril has a passion for trivia and entertaining, and loves socialising. In his past, Cyril used to manage public houses prior to his service in the London Fire Brigade, and this book is a combination of his life and passions.