It was Harrogate's turn to have their lights switched on last night, and it was with the help of Father Christmas, Stray FM and the children of St Peter's CofE with their Christmas Lanterns we made last week with them.

John fox, who chairs the Harrogate at Christmas team was heard on stage announcing that this was their largest crowd yet - and that was clear to see as every nook and cranny was occupied by people eager to be part of the annual tradition.

It was a fun evening, and one of the reasons we do what we do - afterwards, we took the children down to the church and blasted out a few Christmas Carols before partaking in a glass of eggnog later was all official duties were handed over!