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Any advice / ideas for children's magic routines that would be suitable for Christmas. Well, ideally ones that can also be adapted to many themes throughout the year would be good.
Thanks for your help.

depends on the props you have and use:-

if you have a change bag / box you can use it to choose a colour and have it appear on a cut out Santa / snowman /chimney etc.
you can print out some Christmas pictures or any other picture style and make up a Svengali book / force book, reveal as you wish.
cups and balls of any size can end with a snowman / Santa ending.
printing out stickers to go on coins can enhance a coin set.
double envelopes can be employed for all the jumping card tricks, print on a5 and laminate to make double facers and or flap cards
change bags can also be used with white hanks and marker pens to make your own miss made hanks and colouring in picks.

more ideas when I know what props you use.

Have a look at the Practical Magic website, they do a lot of magic for children and Christmas usually sees brand new stuff as well as versions and variations of non-festive stuff revamped with a Christmas coating. Link is http://www.practical-magic.com/online-s ... oduct_name

Thanks so far.
Yes, might treat myself to one PRactical Magic Effect.
Double Envelopes sounds good to me.
I like routines that pack flat.
At the moment, my show is mainly classic magic effects, streamer vanish, cut and restored rope.
I like proper magic most of the time.
Maybe a snowstorm, if the venue would let me use one of those.

Jing wrote:Maybe a snowstorm, if the venue would let me use one of those.

The kids would love that!

Change bags can be had/made in the shape of christmas stockings, or santa hats.

I'd be amazed if someone didn't already make a "santa face" version of the Ali Bongo hat?

I did once see some sponge Father Christmases which I thought were a brilliant idea. I can't remember when I saw them and can't seem to find them anywhere now though, I'm afraid.