Ultimate guide to Liverpool Christmas Market 2023 - stalls, bars, food, rides and prices - video Dailymotion

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A merry mix of festive food, crafts and wintery fairground rides is on offer for visitors to Liverpool's Christmas Market.   As well as all the food on offer, there's craft and gift traders, offering jewellery, glass-blown tree ornaments, woollen wears and much more.

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00:00 A merry mix of festive food, crafts and wintry fairground rides are on offer for visitors

00:06 to Liverpool's Christmas market.

00:08 We've actually fitted more stalls on and more attractions than we have done in previous

00:12 years. This year we've got more indoor seating. Sometimes we get a lot of bad weather in Liverpool

00:17 so we've got to adapt for that. We've put an extra teepee bar up. So we've got a teepee

00:22 bar on both sides in the gardens and on the centre of the George's Plateau. We've got

00:26 the karaoke bar, the ski bar back again where you can use the karaoke booths. We've got

00:31 the windmill bar back, that's a great addition to the market. We've got the centrepiece which

00:36 is the observation wheel which is for everybody to ride on.

00:40 Whether you're grabbing a mulled wine or hot chocolate there are certainly more than a

00:44 few bars to choose from, both indoor and out for that changeable winter weather.

00:49 Normally I walk round just plainclothes so I just listen to people as they walk round

00:53 and the majority of people are saying it's great, it's a great atmosphere.

00:59 With the cost of living crisis biting, people are mindful overspending, especially at a

01:04 time of year when every penny counts. And I'm sure we've all seen the list of the bar

01:09 prices that's been circulating.

01:12 You can actually come down and not spend anything at all if you'd like to. As in prices we've

01:16 sort of price-freezed the majority of things of what we can. 95% has stayed the same prices

01:22 as last year.

01:23 The market is once again spread in a U-shaped formation around the iconic St George's Hall

01:29 creating a rather festive atmosphere at the gateway to the city centre. You can't miss

01:34 it when walking out of Lime Street with its giant ferris wheel, vintage carousel and brightly

01:41 coloured lights.

01:42 Well I've been part of Liverpool Christmas Market for the last 15 years. Now originally

01:47 I came as a trader, I had one stall in Church Street. The opportunity came around to a tender

01:55 went out for the market and we tendered for it and we won the tender. So we've provided

02:00 the market for the last couple of years and we love it. It's part of our life now, it's

02:06 not just we come here for the six weeks and get the benefit from it, it's actually a part

02:11 of our life. Liverpool's a second home to us now. There's only one place like Liverpool

02:16 I believe. The people are very family orientated, they're up for a laugh, they're up for a good

02:22 time. It's great, the city is a great city to work in.

02:25 As well as all the food on offer, there's craft and gift traders offering jewellery,

02:30 glass blown tree ornaments, woolen wares and much, much more.

02:34 Liverpool Christmas Market is open from 11am till 10pm every day except its final day,

02:40 Christmas Eve when it will close at 5pm.

02:43 For many, coming to a Christmas market, whether it be here in Liverpool or elsewhere, has

02:49 become rather the yearly tradition. Whether you're meeting friends, grabbing some stocking

02:54 fillers or just soaking up the atmosphere, it really does signal the start of the most

02:58 wonderful time of year.

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Ultimate guide to Liverpool Christmas Market 2023 - stalls, bars, food, rides and prices

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