Santa Claus will be visiting Harrogate next month as part of a Christmas experience for children held at the Great Yorkshire Showground.
This event is one of few the showground has been able to hold this year due to covid restrictions.
Santa’s grotto will be manned by his elves and has been set up in a covid-secure manner.
On the weekend of the 5 and 6 December families can visit the grotto in groups of up to six people.
The Yorkshire Agricultural Society which manages the showground, forecasted a £2 million loss this year due to the number of cancelled events.
Its chief executive, Nigel Pulling, warned of the ongoing impact of covid which has left the society running at “well below 10 per cent” of capacity at the moment.
Graham Thompson, general manager, said:
“This has been a challenging year for all of us and it gives us great pleasure to provide some fun for the youngsters and welcome Santa on several dates throughout December.”
Other dates will be included, but tickets must be booked prior to the event. They can be bought here.
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