Your lead up to Christmas might include a mix of carols and joy, but there’s a better chance it won’t. You’ll spend countless hours at the office tying up loose ends, endless hours in shopping centres and experience stress induced headaches related to mandatory family luncheons.

You can’t beat the clock, Christmas and New Years ARE just around the corner.

Many of us haven’t thought about how we’ll spend our time off, it’s an after thought and ‘sleeping in’ is all we can muster to commit to.

If you never got around to planning that fantastically serene holiday for the summer break, you should make the most of staying in Canberra.

We aren’t asking you to compete with Debbie from payroll’s Christmas themed attire, but there are a multitude of great events over the festive break that you can get involved in, including a stack of fabulous Christmas Eve events and New Years Eve soirees.

With no traffic and all your friends at hand- Canberra can be a cool place for your chaos-free break.

New Years Eve sees a flurry of great dinners and events in the Capital, including balls, cocktail parties and events you’ll want to have a piece of.

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