ENGLISH HERITAGE NEEDS YOUR CHRISTMAS KISSES

Monday 23 Nov 2015 @ 14:15
English Heritage

English Heritage is reviving a well-known Christmas tradition this festive season and bringing it into the digital age, with an online challenge to capture one thousand kisses under the mistletoe at four attractions in the North of England.

PUCKER UP!

Visitors can combine the age old tradition of sharing a simple kiss with a loved one with the popular 21st century trend of taking a ‘selfie’ at special kissing booths which have been set up at Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens and <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/housesteads-roman-fort-hadrians-wall/" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/housesteads-roman-fort-hadrians-wall/" target="" '_blank"="" wall?="" hadrian?s="" -="" fort="" roman="" housesteads?="" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(214, 17, 48); outline: 0px;">Housesteads Roman Fort, Whitby Abbey and Brodsworth Hall and Gardens. The cheeky challenge is to capture 1000 Christmas kisses by the 3 January 2016.

All kiss pictures tagged #EH1000KISSES and shared on social media will enter a prize draw to win an English Heritage membership and a hamper. More information and competition terms and conditions can be found here.

Julie Ozbek, Marketing Manager North at English Heritage said: “Christmas time is full of traditions including advent calendars, pulling crackers, Christmas trees and decking the halls. All of the things we know and love to do at this time of year have their origins rooted in different periods of history and we want to bring these traditions to life at our sites by inviting visitors to share some Christmas love. Today’s popular trend or custom seems to be to take a ‘selfie picture’ so we thought, what better way to remind people of this tradition than to combine the two!”

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