19 November 2006

Christmas Lights switch on

It's that time of the year again! Yesterday was the big switch on of the lights in Hanley. Santa's parade arrived, complete with Rudolph and the other reindeers. Signal Radio was there recording the event live and a quire was singing Christmas songs.
The best of it all, though, was the snow machine. It squirted out real snow in big flakes. It looked fabulous; glowing in the street-lamp lights against the dark sky, just as if it was snowing for real.
Tontine Square and all the surrounding area was absolutely packed with people. The atmosphere was wonderful, almost like a good football match.
At half past seven the Lord Mayer got on stage and switched all the town centre Christmas lights on and immediately we were all excited.
This was the start of the late night shopping and Debenhams had a sale on and were going to be open until midnight. We were all promised free parking after 6.30 every night until New Years Eve.

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