Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London is marking Christmas with The Spirit of Christmas, a festive programme in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity that launches on 18 November and runs throughout the season.
The programme takes its cue from J.M. Barrie, who gave the rights to Peter Pan to the hospital, and Charles Dickens, who championed it in its earliest years through his writing and advocacy. A gold, white and celadon Christmas tree stands in the lobby, alongside a Wishing Tree in The Lobby Lounge where guests can leave messages of hope in support of the hospital.
At The Rosebery, A Neverland Afternoon Tea brings Peter Pan to the table for children, with Tink-inspired festive creations, chocolate treasures and edible Christmas wishing trees. For adults, A Christmas Wish Afternoon Tea draws on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with spiced treacle Christmas trees, plum pudding parfait and roasted chestnut sweets alongside seasonal savouries and scones. Tea guests receive illustrated wishing cards to add to the Wishing Tree, while Mandarin Bar is serving Past, Present and Future cocktails inspired by the same story.
The hotel’s signature fundraiser is The Invisible Mince Pie, available across participating restaurants, bars and festive experiences. Instead of a mince pie, guests who order one receive a wishing card designed by artist Charlie Child to write on and hang on the Wishing Tree, with the full £5 donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity.
The 12 Days of Giving series also returns, with 12 festive masterclasses and experiences ranging from wreath making with Moyses Stevens to family cupcake decorating with Executive Pastry Chef Emmanuel Bonneau. The full £12 ticket price goes to the hospital.
Families staying at the hotel can book the Families by M.O. – Wonders of Neverland package, which includes a Peter Pan storybook and movie nights, with Hyde Park and its Winter Wonderland on the doorstep.
Elsewhere in the hotel, the festive season marks the final chapter for the two Michelin-starred Dinner by Heston Blumenthal after 16 years, with guests offered a last chance to try its best-known dishes. The Aubrey is serving a limited-run Japanese Fried Chicken sharing dish, inspired by Japan’s tradition of a KFC ‘Party Barrel’ on Christmas Day, and a Turkey Sando with homemade cranberry spread.
The partnership with the charity continues into 2027, when Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park marks its 125th anniversary and Great Ormond Street Hospital celebrates 175 years of caring for seriously ill children and their families.
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