4. St. Nicolas Fayre

The Buzz -- This popular Christmas fair is the perfect place to pick up your crimbo gifts. Choose from a range of hand-made arts and crafts, along with the very best in local farm produce. As well as the being able to browse open air stalls in the city's historic squares and around Parliament Street, you'll be entertained by carol singers and buskers. Barley Hall hosts a special medieval market with live crafting, mulled wine and costumed traders, and there is an arts and crafts market in St William's College.