Scarborough’s festive season about to begin as Boyes Santa’s arrival revealed

The department store, which is situated on Queen Street, Scarborough, will unveil their Christmas window display on Thursday November 17.Then, on Saturday November 19, Father Christmas will be leaving the North Pole and arriving at Scarborough Harbour at 11am.

He will be greeted by Scarborough Sixth Form’s Christmas Band, the cast from YMCA’s Christmas production and team members of This Is The Coast.

Chris Golder, store manager at Boyes, said: “We can’t wait , it’s such an exciting time of year for us at Boyes – we have a really busy time of getting the Grotto ready, and filling it full of presents.

“There is no other day like greeting Santa off the boat and seeing the faces of all the children when he walks through the crowd to his sleigh. That accompanied by the unveiling of our Christmas Window is really the start of Christmas for Scarborough and its Town Centre.”

After Santa is greeted at the harbour, he will travel through town, via Eastborough, St Thomas Street, Castle Road and Queen Street, to Boyes department store on Queen Street.

On arrival, he will open his Grotto, which will then remain open all day every Saturday and Sunday and Thursday and Friday afternoons all the way up to Christmas eve from Saturday November 19.