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LondonTown.com Celebrates Twelfth Night with Discount London Hotel OfferLondon hotel rooms available at cut rates for New Year celebrations
Released on: January 06, 2012, 1:27 pm The upcoming New Year celebrations promise to be bigger and better than ever in the capital this tear, with LondonTown.com offering revellers the chance to stay cheaply in top London hotel rooms for the Twelfth Night and the Lions Part extravaganza. Twelfth Night is marked annually in the Bankside area of the capital on the Sunday closest to the day it falls on. This year's festivities are taking place on January 8 th . The event begins with an effigy of the pagan Green Man in his winter guise, the foliage-covered Holly Man, emerging from a Thames riverboat. He toasts – or ‘wassails' – the gathering crowds, promising to ‘bring in the green' for the coming spring. This is followed by the Bankside Mummers performing the traditional Folk Combat Play of St. George, featuring a cast of characters including Beelzebub, the Turkey Sniper, Clever Legs and the Old ‘Oss. The play culminates with cakes being handed out, two of which have a bean or a pea hidden inside, the lucky recipients of which are declared King Bean and Queen Pea. Finally, the event traditionally ends with a procession to the George Inn on Borough High Street for drinking, dancing and storytelling. In 2012, LondonTown.com are marking the tradition by providing discounted London hotel rooms close to the Bankside Pier. Among the deals on offer, and just 7 minutes walk from the pier, is the Southwark Holiday Inn Express. This decent 3 star hotel is offering 74% off a double room (or 59 pounds per night) when booking through LondonTown.com. At the other end of the budget scale, and just 8 minutes walk from the Lions Part Twelfth Night, the Grange St Paul's is a gorgeous five star London hotel. Perfectly located in the city's financial district, LondonTown.com are offering double rooms from 275 pounds per night – a 31% reduction from the standard rate. See LondonTown.com for more discounted London hotel rooms and further information on the Twelfth Night celebrations.
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