Santa Claus will take to the streets of a Moray town this week on a horse-drawn carriage to spread festive joy and raise charity cash.
In previous years, the parade past Elgin homes has featured a trailer being pulled by a truck.
But with Santa’s reindeer being unavailable this winter, organisers have enlisted a horse and vintage carriage to add extra sparkle to the procession, which will cover 10 miles every day.
Event organiser, Birnie mum, Yvonne Milton, said: “It’s a very festive thing to do, it will just make it even more special for everyone.
“It’s not quite a one-horse open sleigh, but it’s as close as we are going to be able to get to fitting in with jingle bells.
“We’ve done it for the last two years and we were looking for ways to improve on it and this just seemed like the perfect way.”
Santa will be touring Elgin on Thursday and Friday to raise money for children’s charities, The ARCHIE Foundation and Clic Sargent.
Last year’s parade raised £1,700 for the causes and organisers are already set themselves a goal of surpassing that total. Rides in the carriage with Santa have been raffled off to contribute to the funds.
Mrs Milton said: “We want to keep it with childrens’ charities. They make a big difference to families, especially at this time of year.”
The parade will leave West End Primary School at 5pm on Thursday and go past Seafield Primary School before finishing at Johnstons of Elgin.
Friday’s route will leave Elgin High School at 5pm, finish at Pinefield and will also go past New Elgin Primary School.
