A frozen ice sculpture adventure is at the centre of a revamped programme for Edinburgh's Christmas celebrations.

A giant "advent calendar" showing scenes from Edinburgh's past will also be projected onto the front of Register House off Princes Street, with a new image being revealed each day.

Schoolchildren from across the city will also have the opportunity to design a special Christmas and Hogmanay tram.

This is the first year organisers Underbelly, who have run Edinburgh's Christmas events for five years, will also be in charge of the city's Hogmanay celebrations.

The events company said 2017's Christmas celebrations would be the "biggest, brightest and best" so far as it revealed its programme on Tuesday.

The ice adventure, described as a "journey through frozen Scotland", will feature sculptures including the Loch Ness Monster, Robert the Bruce and Dolly the Sheep.

It will launch on Friday, November 17 and will run until Christmas Eve, also hosting the popular Santa's Grotto.

The giant advent calendar will begin projecting on to Register House on Friday, December 1, with a new animated image being revealed each day until Christmas between 5pm and 10pm.

The images will date back to the 1700s and will be set to a "soundscape" reflecting the period.

As well as designing the livery for an Edinburgh and Hogamanay tram, Edinburgh's schoolchildren will have the chance to design up to 50 stained glass windows which will be displayed outside of St Giles Cathedral.

The Christmas market in Princes Street Gardens will continue as before and the city's famous lights switch on will be held on November 19.

Earlier, Underbelly revealed Rag'n'Bone Man would be headlining Edinburgh's Hogmanay street festival.