Merry Christmas to all our readers from the ELL team

Pic: Tomas Jivanda

The Eastlondonlines team would like wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas, thank you for following the site this year.

We will be taking some down time over Christmas so we can fill our bellies with mince pies and mulled mine with family and friends.

We will be back in a few days with a run down of New Years Eve events across the borough as well as guides to getting rid of unwanted presents and recycling all that Christmas waste, so be sure to take a look.

The team would like to extend some special festive warmth to the press offices at Lewisham, Croydon, Tower Hamlets and Hackney councils, we look forward to speaking with you next year.

The news room will be back in full swing come early January.

In the mean time please check out all our Christmas content and festive guides:

Want to head out for a drink Christmas Day, have your Christmas dinner cooked for you or grab that condiment you left off the shopping list? Take a look at our guide to what’s open Christmas Day.

Need to get across London over the festive period? Head to ELL’s guide to public transport over the festive period.

Want to spread some festive cheer? Read ELL’s guide to volunteering across the boroughs.

Feeling unwell? Find out what doctors surgeries are open over Christmas here.

Fancy a panto? Have a look through our panto season guide.

Been naughty this year? Find out how to work your way off the naughty list with our exclusive interview with Santa Claus himself.

Merry Christmas!

The ELL team.