SANTA was greeted by hundreds of children in Church Square on Saturday as he arrived to switch on St Peter Port’s Christmas lights.

MARTINE ELLIS has stepped down as chairman of Festive Decor, stating she had gone as far as she could in the role amidst difficulties in securing funding.

SHOPPERS had a bit of a shock when the Town Christmas lights were turned off last night.

AS I’VE mentioned in previous years, one of the many pleasures of living in this small community is that, unlike many other more commercially-minded places, Christmas in Sark does not start as soon as the last bus has gone down Harbour Hill on August bank holiday Monday.

Father Christmas switched on the St Peter Port lights on Saturday.

THE new Bridge Christmas lights went down a treat with Santa Claus and shoppers yesterday.

FATHER CHRISTMAS could be out of work this year. Unless fresh funding is found, there will not be any lights for him to turn on in Town.

They've become as much a part of Christmas as crackers and pudding, but which illuminated house would take this year's title in the Let's Light Up Christmas competition? Reporter Simon Tostevin joined the judges for a tour of the short-listed entries

A chance meeting with a sewage cart driver sparked a Christmas lights spectacular that has become an island institution. With just days to go before the Bachmann family's Winter Wonderland open evening, Zoe Ash discovered why, for them, Christmas begins in July