After a long journey from Lapland to Dartmouth, Santa is scheduled to arrive in Dartmouth at 6pm on Friday evening - just after the town's Christmas lights have been switched on.

As you can see from the above image, he usually arrives by boat. This year, however, the tide will be too low for him to enter the Boatfloat. So he's arriving by Fire Engine instead!

Santa will make his way to his grotto in Royal Avenue Gardens where he will rest his weary legs. He'll have plenty of time to talk to all the young people who have come to see him and, as usual, a sack full of treats to hand out.