IT is sad, but true – Scrooge seems to be getting more and more control over Christmas.
Over the past few years other towns seem to be increasingly toning down the traditional meaning of the event and instead promote ‘winterval’ or other ‘non-offensive’ ersatz replacements.
This week, environment minister Lord Rooker said that people should not put so many festive lights outside their homes because they are adding to greenhouses and threatening to cause climate change.
And stars in some pantomimes have been told to stop throwing sweets at people in the audience for ‘health and safety reasons’.
How ridiculous!
At least here in Southport people know how to celebrate the festive season in glorious style.
Today, we celebrate some of the best Christmas illuminations in the Southport area, with people having made remarkable efforts to light up their homes like, well, Christmas trees. They’ve certainly brought smiles to the faces of many people driving past.
Equally delightful are the army of readers who have sent us their festive pet snaps.
For the real ‘ahh’ factor, the superb talents of local pupils and their teachers are celebrated in our four-page schools’ Nativity play photo special, with some of the young stars ‘telling the greatest story on Earth’.
And, of course, local churches are busy preparing to welcome people determined to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas with a series of wonderful services.
Christmas in Southport, we are glad to report, is alive and well – and as the town’s local newspaper the Southport Visiter, as ever, is delighted to celebrate what everyone has been up to.
A very merry Christmas to all our readers, advertisers and newsagents!
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