It’s now officially unavoidable – Christmas is on its way. It’s useless to resist the tidal wave of tinsel and crescendo of Christmas music, so this weekend, many parents will be taking the kids to meet the Big Man himself, Santa Claus.<\/p>\n
Christmas traditions and fashions may come and go, but one that seems to stay firm is Santa’s Grotto. From gardening stores to castles, shopping centres to museums, Santa somehow manages to be in thousands of places at once, ready to greet young children with a cheery smile and a small present. And there’s a very good reason for it too, as every business owner knows – Santa grottos are a great way to attract customers.<\/p>\n
In turn, that means there is a lot of choice for Santa-seeking parents. Most will only go to see one Santa. So, if you want to attract children to your Santa’s grotto, you might need to offer more than a long queue and a short sit on Santa’s knee.<\/p>\n
And if you want to take the kids to see Santa somewhere unusual, here are some of our top pick Father Christmas locations around the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Lincoln Castle<\/p>\n \u2022 Castle Ward, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland<\/p>\n \u2022 Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock<\/p>\n \u2022 Eureka! The National Children’s Museum, Halifax<\/p>\n \u2022 Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre, Wareham<\/p>\n \u2022 East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh<\/p>\n \u2022 Camera Obscura and World of Illusions, Edinburgh<\/p>\n \u2022 Fountains Abbey, Ripon<\/p>\n \u2022 Santa Express, Strathspey Steam Railway, Aviemore<\/p>\n \u2022 Nostell Priory, Wakefield<\/p>\n \u2022 Mid Hants Railway Watercress Line Santa Specials, Alresford<\/p>\n \u2022 Kingdom of the Elves, Bluestone National Park, Narberth, Wales<\/p>\n \u2022 Santa Claus Tour, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s now officially unavoidable – Christmas is on its way. It’s useless to resist the tidal wave of tinsel and crescendo of Christmas music, so this weekend, many parents will be taking the kids to meet the Big Man himself, Santa Claus. Christmas traditions and fashions may come and go, but one that seems to … Continue reading “It’s nearly time for Christmas!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,45,66,78],"tags":[94,61,99],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children","category-christmas","category-fun","category-ideas","tag-best","tag-kids","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}