Norfolk & Good

Norfolk & Good

The Enjoying Norfolk podcast. Norfolk things, places and people that we like, and would happily recommend to friends & family... along with other general musings of a Norfolk nature. Discover, Support, Enjoy.

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December 25, 2025 8 mins

Wishing our Enjoying Norfolk community a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for listening to our Norfolk Christmas Countdown and celebrating everything we love about Norfolk throughout the year - see you in 2026!

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It's traditional to tell ghost stories on Christmas Eve. In many countries, it is said to be the day when the veil of the worlds becomes thinner and ghosts appear among people.

 Obviously we had to take this opportunity to share some Norfolk ghost stories, in a special slightly longer episode of our Christmas Countdown.

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In Norfolk we are lucky to have so many wonderful independent brewers and distillers with some great seasonal offerings. Christmas is within touching distance now, but there's still time to get your hands on some of these local tipples (or stock up for New Year!).

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A game once played in Norfolk on Christmas Eve... should it be brought back? Have a listen and see what you think...

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We're getting dangerously close to Christmas now... And for this wedge of our festive Podcast we introduce a Yuletide Mystery - the sixth book in the Norfolk Cozy Mystery series by Norfolk Author, Keith Finney.


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Have you seen this 2020 Christmas movie, that was filmed in part in Norwich?

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Today's mini Norfolk Festive adventure features a chat about Christmas Trees.

Where do you get your Christmas trees? Tell us: start@enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk


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Welcome to a new Christmassy episode, this time about The Norfolk Coach, which was a coach that travelled between Norwich and London at Christmas.

Details and the image of the Norfolk Coach that we discuss in this episode can be found online here.


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'Tis the season to be jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

In today's audio advent window we chat Carol Services, and Carol Singing - such an integral part of the Christmas experience, from those early years at school, to the community church or pub. 

Tell us your experiences of Christmas Carols in Norfolk - drop
us an email start@enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk - we’ll try to share it in an episode at New Year.

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Will it be a White Christmas this year? At time of recording, we don't know. But in this pod portion, we reflect on snowy Christmases of yore.

Feel free to share your experiences of the snowy Christmases - drop us an email start@enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk - we’ll try to share your stories in an episode at New Year.

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Welcome back to our Festive Norfolk journey - today we discuss our Christmas tradition for the last 10-odd years, Christmas Day Parkrun.

Join the conversation! Tell us your experiences of the Christmas Day Parkruns, please drop us an email start@enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk - we’ll try to share it in an episode at New Year.

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Today our chat is about the Norfolk Biffin: a Norfolk apple, slow-baked and dried, which is gently pressed flat during the cooking process.

Do you enjoy a Norfolk Biffin? Have you ever tried one? Let us know via email start@enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk.

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Welcome back Norfolk-Enjoyers! Today Andrew has a Victorian Christmas Tale, related to thank you gifts for 'letter carriers'.

Do you provide your 'Postie' with a gift at Christmas? Perhaps you are a 'Postie' at Christmas! Please drop us an email with any comment: start@enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk

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A tiny tale of Christmas in Norfolk for December 12th - halfway to Christmas Eve!

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Open the door to today's 'audio advent' and discover a Norfolk link to Medieval Christmas traditions.

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This time, a chilly pod portion of Norfolk Christmas: we're chatting festive dips, and not the delicious variety...

Tell us your experiences of the Norfolk Festive Dips, please drop
us an email start@enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk - we’ll try to share it in an episode at New Year.


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Many of us enjoy a large Christmas dinner, but in Great Yarmouth in East Norfolk there was once a tradition to provide a town-wide Christmas breakfast.


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Winter walking is one of our favourite things to do in Norfolk around Christmas time, and that's what's behind today's 'audio advent door'.

Do you have a favourite Norfolk winter walk? Let us know - start@enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk - we’re always looking for new trails to try.

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Christmas in Norfolk hasn’t always been plain sailing. During the English Civil War, the Puritan-dominated Parliament passed legislation to abolish Christmas and other religious festivals, viewing them as popish and an excuse for excess and immorality. A full ban on celebrations was enacted in June 1647.

Guess how Norwich reacted?

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Did you know, Norfolk has a longstanding connection to Royal Christmas celebrations?

On Day 6 of our audio advent calendar, we discuss this topic!

If you have any comments or memories of Christmas in Norfolk, royal-related or otherwise, please drop us an email start@enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk - we’ll try to share it in an episode at New Year.


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