Happy Holidays from us at Speak Up Sunderland!

As a present for you, we've made an extra-special, bumped stuffed selection box of an episode, for you to enjoy with your "nog negg".  Erm... "egg nog"!

With special thanks to Sharon Appleby and Natalie Dellow of the Sunderland Bid, for making this episode possible, and for championing businesses in Sunderland.

Today, meet the young people's choir from Sunderland College, and Nicola Gallagher who's their Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.

Get lost in the soothing voice of Jan Eskildsen, the owner of the Sunderland Winter Ice Rink in Keel Square, and join us as Betty and Stevie scream their way onto the ice.

And find out what's on in the Hadrian's Tipi that's set up tentpoles in Keel Square, with Kate Thompson and Jennifer Shepherd.

Follow our journey on Twitter - @SpeakUpSun, on Instagram - @SpeakUpSunderland, or join us on Facebook!

Speak Up Sunderland is presented by Betty Ball and Stevie B, with music by Timecrawler 82, and is produced by Jay Sykes.

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