Father Christmas at Harrods, book free tickets online now.

[Carameli]

I know this is far too early to think about these sort of things.

Harrods have started an online booking service for Father Christmas this year to try and avoid long queues.
If anyone else wants to go it might be worth booking now before popular dates get full. I have heard its good but friends who have gone in the past have had to queue for ages which has
put me off.

Look at websales.omniticket.com/hod/index.cfm?action=FLEX,

surely I cannot be the only person here cracker enought to book these tickets

Oh I booked it too, thanks so much, dd is going to get such a kick out of it!

my idea of hell

Actually my friend brings her nephew to it and says it is very civilised because it is a booked thing. She said it was lovely, much nicer than a regular shopping centre visit.

well yes, any shopping centre visit to santa in a busy city is my idea of hell.

we normally went to country garden centres and got some Santa with very broad accent who says 'jesus christ, is that so? god, would you believe it' etc etc. Makes me larf

Harrods? why can't you just take them to the local garden centre/church hall/school fair like everyone else

Because I would like and enjoy bringing my dd up to London on the train at the beginning of December to see all the decorations and lights and a bloke pretending to be Santa Claus. It will be a happy occasion for us to enjoy together, a nice thing to do.
And I will get to buy some seasonal goodies in Harrods food hall.

lol carm. I know, I've been a complete killjoy. Pax?

oh for gods sake I was only joking - where's your sense of humour??

ANYONE ELSE HAVING TROUBLE whoopppsss

getting onto website?

Well tbh I thought that it was a bit mean of both of you to take the steam out of Carameli's OP but I'm not losing any sleep over it

oh i think califrau's brother is the voice of the christmas bear

I do think carmenere has a sense of humour. That's a bit harsh.

I've never heard of the christmas bear and I'm not tempted to find out more.

aw look at it

No.Nothing about that bear is endearing.

IntergalacticW, Snap, an MN thread about Santa too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Twas swimming earlier

That bear has a star embedded in it's head

I have booked to take the DTs in December. Never taken any of my children to anything like that before. The older kids will hate me. Of course I could just send the DTs with their godparents thereby saving me the hassle and the pure annoyance...... of course were I a good mother I would take them and beam happily the whole time. Sigh................

yes the star is worrying

I once had an excruciating experience when I brought me dn to see santa and 'santa' was a bloke that I had, um, snogged and run away from

it's a glam rock bear

How did you recognise him, carm? Was the beard a give away?

No he was an out of work male model