Christmas Happening
For four consecutive years, Santa has found space in his tight schedule to fit in a special visit to the fortunate children of Humberston. On a Friday evening in early December, from six o'clock until nine-thirty, he travels on his illuminated, musical sleigh through the streets of the village. Starting at The Trawlerman in North Sea Lane, he wends his way along a circular seven mile tour which takes in almost every road within the old parochial boundary.
Every
house in Humberston receives a hand-delivered leaflet giving details of the
actual times of the route which takes in the Whitehall Estate, the Country Park,
Primrose Way, Greenfinch Drive, Rosemary Way and the Lakes Estate, the Saints
estate, Glebe Road, Lime Grove, Tetney Road and Church Avenue, and the Midfield
Road, Fieldhouse Road, Lidgard Road, Sinderson Road and Carrington Drive areas.
Special
visits are made to The Pear Tree, Lucarlys, The Grosvenor, The Countryman, The
Coach House, The Humberston Country Club and The Trawlerman.
Santa is accompanied by his many festively-dressed helpers, who walk along with
the sleigh handing out seasonal �goodies��. The helpers happily accept letters
on behalf of Santa. These are handed to him at the end of the journey and Santa
always promises to reply to them all. For the very first time in 2006, Santa
also agreed to answer e-mail letters and many children have now been pleased
to embrace this new, modern method of communicating with him.
The
residents of Humberston always reward Santa by their enthusiastic support for this very lively and colourful function; coming out and giving him
a wave as he passes by.
A
street collection is made, the proceeds of which are shared between the Humberston
Park Special School Hydrotherapy Pool Appeal and the Caistor Lions Organisation. Every penny donated goes to the nominated charities; no deduction of
any kind is made for expenses.
