Santa comes to town!

Father Christmas comes to town to visit the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital and Brighton Palace Pier on Tuesday, December 4 from 10am – 2.30pm.

THE Embassy of Finland, in conjunction with Brighton Fringe, are bringing the real Santa Claus to Brighton, all the way from Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, in Finland.

Santa will first be visiting the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital at 10am where he will spend two hours meeting children and handing out presents from his homeland such as Moomin books and Finnish emoji colouring books.

He will then head to Brighton Palace Pier to meet the Mayor for Brighton & Hove; Councillor Dee Simson, and a group of local school children. Throughout his visit Santa will be joined by the Finnish Ambassador to the UK, Mrs Päivi Luostarinen and Julian Caddy, CEO of Brighton Fringe.

One of Santa’s little helpers explains why Santa will be making this special visit to Brighton: 

“Far away in northern Finland at the distant polar circle, lives Santa Claus, a warm-hearted and grey-bearded old fellow, together with Mrs Claus, the elves and the reindeer.

“He lives right at the foot of the Korvatunturi Fell (translation: Ear Mountain). The name of the Fell is no accident as the southern side of the mountain is decorated with a near hundred meter-tall ear-shaped rock formation.

“The ear cleverly mimics the structure of an elf’s ear and even has a gigantic ear canal. When standing on the far end of the canal you can hear even the quietest whispers from the other side of the world.

“We have been listening to the whispers, hence we are bringing Santa Claus to Brighton to bring joy to children and adults alike.

“Santa is the genuine symbol of goodwill and giving all over the world. He radiates warmth and inspires confidence. Santa Claus is everyone’s friend and treats all humans and animals equally.

“Santa wants to help the children of the world and to teach everyone how to care for one another.”

Brighton Fringe 2019 runs from May 3 to June 2.