Alton Yuletide Festival December 5, 2010

With reindeer, donkeys,a funfair, a French Market for the first time in many years and even more entertainment than ever before, it is hoped that the Alton Yuletide Festival will keep the bumper crowd-pulling occasion at the top of Christmas shoppers' places to go this season.

As an extra enticement, East Hampshire District Council's car parks will all be free that day.

Do all your Christmas shopping on the day, with over 100 stalls set to line the High Street from outside M&S right up into Normandy Street as well as indoors at the Assembly Rooms, featuring craft and gift ideas that will suit all tastes and budgets.

These will be interspersed with food stalls brought in to help keep the army of shoppers fed and watered and add to the overall Christmas spirit.

Street entertainers, bands, dancers and carol singers will provide non-stop entertainment at two dedicated arenas, on Crown Hill and outside Iceland.