CHRISTMAS IN ECCLESHALL
Christmas festivities
get well underway in
ECCLESHALL
T
he Christmas lights were officially switched
on in the town centre on Monday 2nd
December by Father Christmas at the lych
gate of the Holy Trinity Church, signalling the
official start of Eccleshall’s countdown to
Christmas.
Once again residents can take advantage of the
Scouts Christmas Post to get all their seasons
greetings delivered to family and friends on time.
The traditional Christmas card delivery service
by the local Scouts will start on Saturday 7th
December when they will be collecting cards
outside the library between 9am and 12 noon and
again on Saturday 14th December. They will
deliver cards within the 30mph boundary of the
town. A great saving considering the price of
postage stamps these days.
The scouts would also like to see plenty of
support from the public at their Christmas fair
which is set to take place on Saturday 7th
December between 11am and 3pm at the Scout‘s
HQ.
Of course Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas
without the now hotly contended Christmas
Window Display Competition. Most of Eccleshall’s
businesses have been urged to take part in the
annual seasonal window display competition
which will be judged on Thursday 19th December.
The arrangements for which are being dealt with
by Peter Jones. Businesses in the town centre who
wish to take part should already have their
Christmas displays in place.
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And it is not just the shop windows getting
festive but the shop keepers themselves will be
welcoming shoppers to take advantage of a
seasonal late night Christmas Shopping event in
Eccleshall organised by the town’s Totally Locally
Group.
Why not take part in a Totally Locally
Christmas with so many lovely individual shops
selling such gorgeous things, shoppers will not
only be spoilt for choice but will certainly be able
to get much of their lists ticked off with a vast
array of shops in Eccleshall staying open until
8pm on Thursday evening 5th December.
So far signed up to this retail extravaganza are
Lex & Co, Sean Hirst, Krug, Veuve, And Buttons,
Earth Selection, Butterley Barn Interiors, The
Wine Shop, BB’s Florist, La Maison, Bethan Ward,
and Little Monsters with more joining all the time.
For those looking forward to seeing santa out
and about on his sleigh this December worry not.
The Rotary Club of Eccleshall Mercia have
arranged the dates for Santa's tour in the area and
it looks like they are planning nine dates in total
including Gnosall, Swynnerton and Tittensor,
Woodseaves, Yarnfield, and concluding with two
nights in Eccleshall on 23rd and 24th December.
If there are any able bodied elves who find
themselves available during the period 9th to 24th
December they would be most welcome to come
along and give Santa a much appreciated hand.
The contact is Club President Steve Groom on
01785 818330 or email: [email protected].