[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":647},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002Fchristmas-business-networking-2026":3,"site:reading-news-christmas-business-networking-2026":276,"news-rows":404,"site:og:\u002Fnews\u002Fchristmas-business-networking-2026":645},{"id":4,"title":5,"answeredBy":6,"atAGlance":6,"author":7,"blocks":8,"body":15,"date":218,"description":219,"events":220,"extension":227,"gettingThere":6,"image":228,"imageAlt":229,"imageCredit":230,"interview":6,"kind":231,"lifted":6,"means":6,"meta":232,"navigation":233,"now":6,"organisers":6,"path":234,"photos":6,"pick":6,"pull":6,"questions":235,"quote":6,"readMins":245,"scene":6,"seo":246,"source":6,"sources":247,"span":265,"standfirst":269,"stem":270,"steps":6,"tags":271,"town":6,"updated":274,"venues":6,"was":6,"__hash__":275},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fchristmas-business-networking-2026.md","Christmas networking 2026: festive dates across Hampshire",null,"hampshire.events",[9,12],{"heading":10,"body":11},"Before you book","Festive events often ask for numbers and dietary needs in advance, and some include a meal in the ticket. Check what is included, book through the listing, and plan how you will get home.",{"heading":13,"body":14},"More to come","Organisers add festive dates through November and into December. Every festive date we list is also on Christmas networking, which is rebuilt with the rest of the site.",{"type":16,"value":17,"toc":208},"minimark",[18,22,27,44,47,56,60,95,99,108,112,115,164,168,182,186],[19,20,21],"p",{},"December is the one month when Hampshire's business calendar turns social. Alongside the regular groups, much of what is new is festive: drinks with a regional business group, a Christmas lunch in the New Forest, a coffee morning, a social at a co-working space. 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