The Swedish Church's Christmas Fair

If you aren't flying back to Sweden this Christmas but still want to celebrate the holidays with all the right trimmings and decorations, then the Swedish Church's Christmas Fair is the place to go to. Entry is only £1 and children gets in for free. The fair is open to everyone and all the staff speaks English. 

STALLS:
Decorations for the Christmas tree, home and table, beautiful glass artifacts from the Swedish glass works, masses of candles and candle sticks, the famous straw goats, chocolates, candy and Swedish “godis”, Swedish books and calendars and greeting cards, toys by the ton, traditional Swedish textiles, tablecloths and linens and lots of ideas for your Christmas gifts.

FOOD STALLS: 

Fine-foods from all over Sweden and Swedish Lapland, including smoked reindeer and moose, gravid lax (marinated salmon), löjrom - the exclusive, deep reddish-gold caviar (vendace roe) and the pink fleshed Swedish Arctic char (a tasty member of the trout family), plus cloudberries, lingonberries, cheeses, cured hams and a selection of Swedish crisp-breads, biscuits and cakes.

PRIZES: 

• There's a traditional “Fiskdamm”, a lucky-dip the little ones adore 
• Tombola with a huge number of excellent prizes 
• Massive raffle with luxury prizes, holidays and travel vouchers 

FESTIVE TABLE: 
There’s so much to keep you interested you’ll need a snack and some festive cheer to keep you going, so in addition to a mulled wine stall selling traditional hot Swedish Glögg, there are kiosks selling hot-dogs or yellow-pea-soup with warm Punsch, and in the Church a large café serving freshly made Swedish open sandwiches (including our famous prawn sandwiches and meatballs,) and Swedish Princess cake, coffees, teas, buns and cakes. 

Halloween

"It's Halloween! It's Halloween! 
The moon is full and bright, 
And we shall see what can't be seen on any other night. 
Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, 
Grinning goblins fighting duels, 
Werewolves rising from their tombs,
Witches on their magic brooms.
In masks and gowns we haunt the street,
And knock on doors for trick or treat.
Tonight we are the king and queen,
For oh tonight it's Halloween!" 


Yes, it's Halloween! This Saturday we are having two great parties to celebrate. So, put on a scary (or funny) costume and I'll see you there! All details can be found here: 
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145109942185734&index=1 

Remember, remember...

"Remember, remember the 5th of November...". Bonfire night is now only around the corner. The capital has plenty of fireworks displays on during that weekend (5/11 - 7/11) all over London. Many have funfairs and sell food, but only some of them will sell and/or permit you bringing alcohol. Some displays are free, but most charge about £6. 

Clapham Common hosts one of the biggest displays in town and it's FREE! The main fireworks display will start at 19:30 on the 5th November (please note that Clapham Common station is closed between 18.30 - 21:00). 

The history of Guy Fawkes
Admittedly, the roots of Guy Fawkes aren’t as innocent as this lighthearted revelry implies. As a commemoration of a failed attempt to blow up Parliament, the night remembers a rather sombre occasion. 

On November 5 1605, rebel Catholic soldiers demonstrated their dissent to the then anti-Catholic James I by planning to detonate 36 barrels of gunpowder under the House of Lords. The anti-Protestant Guy Fawkes, who was hired to carry out the plot, was caught with the gunpowder and his capture (and subsequent torture and execution) quickly became an annual source of Protestant celebration – hence, mocking up a Guy Fawkes to burn on the bonfire. 

While the questionable religious sentiment behind the day has all but fizzled out, what we’re left with is a sparkly, traditional evening that’s purely about chomping on a sausage, warming your mitts on a hot drink and enjoying the colourful spectacle. 

The Floorball Ashes game

If you like floorball (a.k.a. unihockey, innebandy, salibandy) then why not come down and watch The Floorball Ashes game between London Sharks (Hammerheads) and Milton Keynes Phantoms. The game takes place on the 30th October at 14:00 at Battersea Sports Centre (Hope Street, SW11 2DA). It's free entry! You are also welcome to train with London Sharks from 12:00-14:00 the same day and location (and every Saturday). More info on training/playing with us can be found here: www.londonsharks.co.uk 

Scandinavian Double Party October Club Night @ Zoo Bar

Our Scandinavian club night in October is a double party at Zoo Bar on Leicester Square. We will start the evening with showing the Danish and Norwegian European football qualifying games on the many plasmas and big screens: 

* Cyprus vs. Norway (kick-off at 19:00) 

* Portugal vs. Denmark (kick-off at 20:45) 

This is followed by our monthly club night where, as usual, everyone will have access to the whole club but the venue’s VIP room will be exclusive for Scandinavians (and their friends on the guest list) all night. 

You can look forward to: 

- Watching football with many of your fellow country men on lots of plasmas and big screens 

- Meeting and partying with hundreds of Scandinavians and their friends 

- Exclusive access to the VIP room 

- Scandinavian DJ (playing lots of Scandinavian hits) 

- Special Scandinavian drinks menu (incl. Turkish Pepper shots) 

- A FREE beer (if you arrive before 21:15) 

GUEST LIST & PRICES 

You will need to be on our Guest List to join the party. If you're not on the list, you won't be able to enter the VIP room where all the Scandinavian people and music will be. You then pay on the door which is: 

Entrance 18:30 - 20:00: £2 (incl. a FREE beer!) 

Entrance 20:00 - 21:00: £5 (incl. a FREE beer!) 

Entrance 21:00 onwards: £10 

To get on the Guest list, just e-mail me the full names of all the people you wish to add to: joe@hedgefundsclub.com