| Your weekly Londonist roundup, featuring Londony news and features from the past seven days. An anonymous elf spills the beans... Credit: iStock/bloodstone You might be surprised how much is going on. Jack and the Beanstalk at the Lyric Hammersmith. Image: Helen Murray. Can you tell your Santa from a Santander Cycle? A beautiful scroll through Christmas in London. Photo: Londonist Including the inaugural trouserless ride on the Elizabeth line! Photo: Samantha Rea/Londonist There's more to Twixtmas than Monopoly and mulled wine. Victoria Park Girls football club: a force to be reckoned with. Image: Emmanuel Cole At palaces, museums, ice rinks and train stations. Photo: Londonist "Every celebrity's bringing out a book. And Matt Hancock." Image: Count Binface Get 2023 off to an... interesting start. Photo: London New Year's Day Parade You can read a lot into these three words. Photo: Marcus Liddell There is literally no such thing as a bad kolsch. Roll on 2024... Image: TfL The best events in London on 1 January. Mai Tai mecca at imminent risk of closure. Image: Trader Vic's | 