SKATE ON: Colin Crabb of Evesham Close, Leigh with son Sam(8) & daughter Gaby(4)
Santa's Grotto at Barton Square before the queues arrived.
Mrs Xmas Pudding (Lou Ffrench) on the skate rink at Barton Square
Santa's Sleigh enters the Square as the crowds cheer.
Santa and his reindeer 2008
Santa meets Amelia Gascoigne,7, of Lostock Rd, Davyhulme
Sasha Readey,6, of Marlbrook Drive, Bolton gets to meet a reindeer
Maisie Pilkington,5, of Princess Close, Mossley is up close to a reindeer
Hannah Cody,9, of Heys Lane, Romiley, Stockport kisses one of the reindeer!