PREPARATIONS are in place for this Saturday’s Milnthorpe Christmas on the Green event.

Santa’s grotto will be on the green outside St Thomas's Parish Church and Father Christmas will be seeing the children from 2.30pm-4.30pm and 5.15pm-6.30pm. During that time Milne Moser solicitors will be on the green nearby selling raffle tickets for a donation to the Great North Air Ambulance.

There will be the traditional lantern procession by the children and then a fancy dress competition.

From 5pm there will be performances from Joey, the choir from Milnthorpe Primary School, Rigney Bank ballet school, Steve Lashley and an hour-long Christmas set from Quay Change.