Welcome to your December Thinklocal Magazine. It's all about Christmas this month, and I hope you enjoy this festive edition.

The Christmas Lights Switch On is on 30th November on the new Market Square, from 12pm – 6pm, enjoy Santa’s Grotto, Fun Fair, Street Food and Live Stage entertainment.

The "What's On" section is full of local events, including many seasonal ones. You can find them on pages 34-39. Don't miss these upcoming events: Carols On The Green: This event is on December 12th at Eaton Socon Green. You can find more details on page 52. Mayor of St Neots Carol Concert: This concert is on December 13th at St Neots Parish Church. For details and times, see page 41.

If you are looking for all that is Christmas, then look no further than Top End Village Stores, your perfect Christmas Tree is now available and you can even order your Christmas meats, including turkeys, all the Christmas day lunch trimmings and so much more, see page 7 for more details.

Please support the local advertisers you see in the magazine. When you get in touch with them, be sure to mention Thinklocal, and remember to try and support local businesses.

New advertisers this month: DC Norris are advertising their local vacancies, see page 5, Elite Swimming Academy have a private swimming pool in Great Paxton so if you are looking for swimming lessons please do get in contact with them on page 14, Urban Locksmiths and CCTV Services on page 10 are available 24/7 with no call out charge, The Cake Box in St Neots High Street are offering a 10% discount on your first order when you join the Cake club, see page 29 for more details. Rose and Mango, again on St Neots High Street now have their Christmas menu available, see their advert on page 29.

The St Neots Round Table have organised the extremely popular Santa Sleigh and you can find all the dates and routes for his rounds on page 18. You can also donate £3 by Texting RTSANTA to 70470.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my readers, content providers and local advertisers as well as my designer, White Rocket, my printers, the team at XL Press and all of my wonderful delivery agents who do an amazing job of getting the magazine through your door each month.

Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and until January 2026 edition have a wonderful December.

Seasons Greetings,

Joanne X
Your ThinkLocal Team