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THEGAYUK WINTER 13 /14 Issue 1 CHRISTMAS HERE TO ‘ELF YOU... TheGayUK has come up with the ultimate Christmas Gift Guide, which you can find in the next few pages of this magazine, packed with over 50 gift ideas for your loved ones, and with only a few shopping days left, we’ve come up with these helpful tips. everyone on the list needs to be there! stores and order online - and then put your feet up. Set a budget for each category of your list. Especially good if you’re on a budget yourself perhaps £50 for very close family, £35 for friends and £10 for work colleagues. Organise a Secret Santa, you’ll be surprised how much this can save you - both in time and money. ! ! ! Make a list and check it twice. Write down who you’re going to buy for, once you see the list you can see whether you’ve missed anyone off, or whether Stay away from the highstreet! Browse the many gift guides from the various big name ! ! Gift yourself… Buy yourself something nice, go on spoil yourself! ! Wow. That’s the most sensible thinking we’ve been all year. ∎ HAPPY CRIMEMAS This festive season the clock will be turned back more than two hundred years at The London Dungeon as a chilling live action ghost story unfolds on the frozen River Thames.  The Ghost of Christmas runs from Monday, December 2 to Sunday, January 5 and promises a wintery whodunnit full of scares and surprises as guests find themselves prime suspects at the heart of a frosty murder investigation.  suspicion.  Guests will need to get their stories straight as they step into the icy crime scene where the over-zealous investigator in charge of the case is questioning suspects – and that means anyone who crosses his path! But will he catch the culprit or be hoodwinked by the tall tales of a dubious character who seems intent on putting him off the scent? ∎ ! From 2nd December 2013 - 5th January 2014 Prices from £22 (adult), £16.50 (children); The Christmas Ghost show is included in main entry price ! It's 1789. The River Thames is frozen solid and Londoners have been enjoying the festivities of the Christmas frost fair. But as a body is discovered trapped beneath the ice a murder mystery unravels and everyone is under ‘APPY CHRISTMAS If you’re anything like us, you’ll need an app to keep track of Christmas. Maybe not. But we needed to fill this corner of the page, so we’re doing a Christmas app review. Three of our faves are the: Countdown to Christmas app, the Where’s Santa app and of course Elf Yourself. Space filled. Job done. ∎ Available from iTunes (From Free) !   Oh and you must, absolutely must check out Matt Fishel’s version of Mariah’s Oh Santa. It’s terrifyingly excellent. That.Is All. ∎ ! Oh Santa! is released worldwide on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play  60