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By Andrew Ffrench @OxMailAndyF Business reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425 Blenheim Palace all lit up Picture Blenheim Palace Stately home Blenheim Palace has extended the dates for its popular Christmas Lights trail. People will now also be able to walk the illuminated trail in the grounds of the Woodstock palace from January 6 to January 10. The...

37 shares Download the My Christmas Trails app to find all the info, plus a garden map, food and drink options and Christmas music tracks.  DONT MISS: Sea of Light, a carpet of tiny lights flashing in time to festive tunes.  DETAILS: Adult £19, Child 5-16 £13, Family £63, till Jan 3, blenheimpalace.com. Tier 2. ENLIGHTENED KEW A couple enjoy one of the light displays at Kew Gardens - displays will remain until January 17 Londons Kew Gardens has ramped up the magic again for its eighth year...

There is much that lockdown 2.0 left for our Christmas list. The obvious: freedom, proximity to loved ones, good times in the company of close friends. And, falling as it did in October, some of my favourite –  if more frivolous – eagerly anticipated autumn events. This year there was no layering up under Halloween costumes to follow a frosty trick-or-treat trail. There was no misty breath mixing with bonfire smoke on fireworks night. No hot dogs at the half-term funfair as scre...