Chuck - I don't think anyone from Essex wants to be talking about urine smells in train stations... ;0P
There's ice skating up by the wheel and the christmas thingy on by Marble arch I think which has rides, stalls, more ice-skating. River trips are fun, the aquarium is kind of cool (although they got rid of the conga eels for a stupid, poxy turtle as far as I can see and the shark walk sucks but they do have sea horses), the lights at oxford street aren't much to write home about though.