Welcome to Calendar Customs!
This site aims to list the wide variety of traditional and unusual events that take place each year in the UK and to help visitors take part in them. Each event has its own page giving details of its timing and location, as well as a very brief history and notes on what to expect. Enjoy!
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Archive for December, 2017
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![The World Pie Eating Championships take place at Harry’s Bar in Wigan around the middle of December. The winner is the person who manages to eat a standard pie fastest […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_9716-115x115.jpg "Wigan World Pie Eating Championships")
Wigan World Pie Eating Championships
Posted on December 20, 2017 | 20 CommentsThe World Pie Eating Championships take place at Harry’s Bar in Wigan around the middle of December. The winner is the person who manages to eat a standard pie fastest […] -
![A relative newcomer to the calendar of unusual sporting events in the UK is the London Pantomime Horse Race which has been running for several years now(not continuously, I hasten […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_9664-115x115.jpg "London Pantomime Horse Race")
London Pantomime Horse Race
Posted on December 10, 2017 | No CommentsA relative newcomer to the calendar of unusual sporting events in the UK is the London Pantomime Horse Race which has been running for several years now(not continuously, I hasten […] -
![A new winter sport spread to the UK from Germany: Christmas tree throwing! On the continent it’s a well-known post-Christmas activity and a way of disposing of redundant evergreens after […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_9613-115x115.jpg "Keele Christmas Tree Throwing Championships")
Keele Christmas Tree Throwing Championships
Posted on December 4, 2017 | 2 CommentsA new winter sport spread to the UK from Germany: Christmas tree throwing! On the continent it’s a well-known post-Christmas activity and a way of disposing of redundant evergreens after […]