No room at the inn this Christmas?

Well, that’s not the case at the glorious old coaching inn, The White Swan Hotel in Pickering, North Yorkshire, where at the moment there’s still plenty of room this Christmas. But you must hurry, as their sparkling festive programme is highly popular and gets booked up very early.

They can’t promise you the Three Kings, shepherds or even a real-life baby, but you’re assured of a really warm welcome. There’ll be plenty of splendid seasonal food and drink, luxurious accommodation, convivial company and a packed programme of fizzing entertainment that will keep you happy throughout Christmas and the New Year.

Starting on Christmas Eve with tea and mince pies in front of a roaring fire in the afternoon, followed by a welcome party and carol singing, and then moving on to Christmas Day with all the trimmings. This is followed by a full Boxing Day programme that includes an optional trip to the nearby Wetherby races, with a Champagne five course Boxing Day dinner in the evening, and finishing with a Lazy Breakfast on December 27th before departure.

New Year’s Eve offers another programme of delights, with a Log Fires and Fizz welcome on December 30th, followed by a 5-course dinner with champagne and nibbles. And then celebrate New Year’s Eve with a Bang! Start the day itself with a full Yorkshire Breakfast, and then if you can resist the afternoon tea with Eccles Cakes, it won’t be long to wait until the New Year’s Eve dinner starts off with champagne and canapés, and a 6-course banquet served with specially selected wines from the extensive wine caller maintained at The White Swan Inn.

The banquet will be accompanied by music from a modern duet, right up until midnight which ends on the dot with their very own firework display to take you into 2008.

You can book online at White-swan.co.uk; 3 nights on the Christmas Tariff start from £525 per person and 2 nights on the New Year’s Tariff begin at £400 per person.