Santa’s arrival at his Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Reindeers at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Donkeys at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Donkeys at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Goats at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Seniors appeal at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Seniors appeal at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
A bear at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Santa and friends Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Alice and Tinkerbell in Santa’s sleigh at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Abbie Edwards with Frankie and Benny the goats at the parade for Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Abbie Edwards with Frankie and Benny the goats at the parade for Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Father Christmas arrives for Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Father Christmas arrives for Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Crowds wait for the arrival of the parade to mark the start of Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Abbie Edwards with Frankie and Benny the goats at the parade for Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Crowds watch the arrival of Father Christmas for Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Santa and his friends arrive – in a pirate drawn sleigh – for Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Crowds celebrate the arrival of Father Christmas for Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
One young girl hands her letter to Father Christmas as he arrives for Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Christmas fans Bertie (5), Jude (3) and Brooke (6) celebrate Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Inflatable snowman on show at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Inflatable reindeer at Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
One year old Riley Harper meets Olaf from Frozen at the opening of Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
Santa’s Grotto at Hare Hatch Sheeplands includes furry friends
MOVE over Rudolph – you’ve got competition! A gang of pirates pulled Santa’s sleigh as he arrived at a garden centre on Saturday, November 30.
The festive visitor has taken up residence at Hare Hatch Sheeplands until Christmas Eve and to celebrate his arrival, the garden centre held a special opening parade.
Characters from Peter Pan, Frozen and Alice In Wonderland joined him and some of the garden centre’s animals for the event, watched by lots of happy families.
After greeting children, accepting letters and posing for photographs Father Christmas settled down in his grotto and began the welcome task of meeting excited youngsters who are keen to tell him what they’d like for Christmas.
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Helping Santa is The Rotary Club of Reading Maiden Erlegh and the grotto is open every weekend until December 20 and then every day between Monday December 21 and Thursday, December 24.
All the money raised will be donated to Rotary’s nominated charities.
Andrea Burlingham, the centre’s marketing manager, felt that the day was a huge success.
She said: “We’ve had a fantastic turnout and everyone enjoyed seeing characters from their favourite films including Olaf, Tinkerbell, Captain Hook and Santa and his elves.”
