After an awful journey on the M60 from Manchester to the hard to find canal-side at Ashton under Lyne, Santa's Tales At Twilight allowed me and my 6 year old mini co-reviewer to settle down, relax and snuggle up with a hot drink and a blanket for songs and stories with Father Christmas.
Santa's Tales At Twilight, an event organised and produced by 2 Boards And A Passion Theatre Company, based in Ashton, took place on board the very cosy Community Spirit 2 canal boat, however the boat didn’t sail (thank goodness as I have awful sea legs), and remained moored throughout, due to insurance regulations that apparently prevent sailing after dark. However this does not in any way reduce the magical experience that takes place on board.
With drinks and snacks for everyone, and a present for every child, this was a truly great way to get in the festive spirit on a dark and very wet December evening.
The canal boat was decked with plenty of sparkly Christmas trimmings and coupled with the warm and friendly welcome from the crew this set the perfect atmosphere for the little ones as they eagerly awaited the arrival of Santa.
The journey was completely worth it when we finally met the wonderfully theatrical Santa, who mesmerised the children (and the adults) with his story of Pip and his Christmas poems of snow ball friends, not to mention the fantastic rendition of jingle bells strummed out by Santa and accompanied by 4 very enthusiastic little ones playing the bells. Each child got the opportunity to tell Santa what they wished for and even the accompanying adults got to announce their Christmas wish (a great opportunity to get the kids to 'pinkie promise' to Santa they would behave, not fight, tidy up and sleep in their own beds). Santa was a wonderfully animated storyteller and answered each childs' questions with kindness and patience and to my delight reminded each of them that what is truly important at Christmas is not what’s under the Christmas tree but what is around it.
This certainly was a lovely evening watching my little co reviewer giggle and squeal as Santa was perfectly pitched in silliness and seriousness as he captivated the imaginations and hearts of the tiny crew members. To quote my little co-reviewer as we drove home “mummy that was awesome!”….. and I would definitely agree.
Reviewer - Victoria Wilmot
on - 18/12/18
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