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Christmas cheer is coming to Mossley

There will be plenty of Christmas cheer this weekend in Mossley.

The town will be celebrating the start of the festive season with an alternative Christmas lights switch-on and lots of virtual entertainment. 

The Mossley Christmas Cracker will take place across the town as residents aim to light the way during the festive season.

Mossley Town Council is funding festive fun and frolics ‘to pull the Mossley community back together in this devastating year to celebrate Christmas 2020.’

They said: “Because Christmas community light-ups are impossible, on social distancing safety grounds, we are urging everyone to light up their windows and stand on their own doorstep joining in with the community singing of ‘Jingle Bells’ at 6pm on Saturday.

“This will be followed by a special online concert featuring Jon Courtenay (winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020), the Kyla Brox Band and many more exciting Mossley performers. 

“This initiative is backed by Mossley Town Council and the local community.”

In the lead-up to the event the council wants residents to get involved by decorating at least one front window with Christmas lights and decorations, including a picture of a Christmas tree. 

Then at 5.58pm on Saturday, folk are being asked to turn off all the lights in the house and go silent for two minutes to commemorate the darkness and loss experienced in 2020. Then at 6pm they want everyone to switch on their festive lights and light up the whole of Mossley for Christmas.

Immediately after the switch-on residents will go on their doorsteps and sing Jingle Bells together, jingling bells if possible.

Starting right after this there will be the MCC20 concert with an online live stream of a special Christmas concert.

This will include songs from BGT winner Jon Courtenay, the Kyla Brox Band, Cabbage and Freeda. Poetry from Leon the Pig Farmer and some surprises from the Mossley Community.

For more details visit Mossley Town Council’s Christmas Cracker 2020 Facebook page or www.mossley-council.co.uk.

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