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Santa Run: Preparations!!

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Every year, we, at the Doddington Village Sports and Carnival committee, put in a call in with the Big Guy with the red suit and white beard, and ask him (very politely) if we could show him around Doddington, and do a little meet n’ greet with the Naughty and Nice children of the village.

As always, he’s super-keen to make his presence heard with some very loud Christmassy anthems to get everyone into the holiday mood, and who are we to deny him?

So, we’re already busy preparing the Sleigh, dotting the Christmas i’s and crossing the festive T’s, and generally getting ready for the Santa Run 2017!

We’ll be publishing routes on telegraph poles. on our website and Facebook Page, etc, in more detail, but essentially, we’ll be showing Santa the sights on the following nights:

  • Friday 8th December
  • Saturday 9th December
  • Sunday 10th December

Keep an eye and ear out for us. And definitely come out and say hello to Santa!

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