1st December Prestwich Christmas Lights Switch On - Santa Claus to put in special appearance
The Christmas Tree and festive lights in Prestwich Village Centre will be turned on 1 December, just before 6pm, by Paralympic Gold Medal Winner Zoe Robinson and the Mayor of Bury, Councillor Peter Ashworth.
The event will take place at the Longfield Centre between 4pm and 6pm. It will be hosted by DJ Dave K and there will be music from Besses of the Barn Brass Band, Kylie tribute act Natalie McGrath and Middleton Pop star Academy of Performing Arts.
There will also be hot food and refreshments on sale and a Children’s Fairground.
Father Christmas will also make a very special appearance and children will be able to receive a Christmas gift from him. Of all the Christmas lights switch on events in all the world, he has chosen our’s… Perhaps he is a fan of DJ Dave K.
For further information about the event please contact 07875 596713.
Rick
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Whilst I am delighted to read that Father Christmas has chosen your “Switch-On”
celebrations, in preference to any others, I do wish to offer a word of caution…
I have seen “Father Christmas’s” in a great many places these past few weeks, and
indeed, have information as to their whereabouts on December 1st, at around 6pm.
Given what you have said, clearly these others are imposters - blithely “yo-ho-ho”ing
at anybody and everybody, and asking unsuspecting children (and their parents)
personal information regarding what commodities they would like to acquire over
the next few weeks. It begs the question: “Why? What are they trying to achieve?”
This may well be identity-fraud on a grand scale - and now is the time for all good
men to come to the aid of giving “Rudolph” a red nose!!
If for no other reason, the case for ID Cards is surely overwhelming!
There’s only one Father Christmas, but he’s MAGIC, hence the ability to appear as if he’s in many places at once.
Which just goes to show that the government’s crazy ID Card scheme could never work. Forget the fact that it will cost £12,000,000,000 to implement, be a downright outrageous erosion of civil liberties, and that all of our personal and biometric details would be stored on a PC that someone would probably leave on a train. The real problem is that the system doesn’t allow for figures of magic such as Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Sandman to go about their business unhindered by government interference.
Father Christmas is Magic… Yup, good point - I didn’t think of that!!
I heard a story about how he once appeared on an aeroplane in mid-flight,
and made everybody weightless (not sure if it really happened… are you?)
And, as you so rightly point out, the Easter Bunny and the Sandman are magic, too.
(I blame EU Legislation for the absence of the Tooth Fairy from your list.)
Time I had a lie down in a quiet room, perhaps!!
We’re known as Besses O’Th’ Barn Band, not brass band, although we are a brass band, it’s not part of the name.
We hope we don’t steal the show from Santa…
My apologies. Next time I trumpet your organisation I will be sure to get its name correct.
I will also try to ensure that no reindeer nibble at your trombones.