The festive season arrived in Crowborough as hundreds of residents packed the town centre for the annual Christmas Cracker.
The event, organised by the town council, drew the usual enormous crowd for the lighting up of the Christmas tree and the switching on of the festive lights strewn above the High Street and Croft Road.
Street entertainers kept young and old busy as the build up started, and stalls lined the street as dozens of local groups and organisations braved the cold to be part of the annual celebrations.
Children boarded the train to visit Santa, enjoyed fairground rides, and to add to the festive cheer there were singing performances from local school choirs and groups.
Members of Crowborough Players who are performing their pantomime, Excalibur, at the community centre later this month were on hand to help switch the switch and officially start the Crowborough Christmas.
And in wonderfully fine tradition the lights switching on wasn’t without a slight hiccup. The lights above The Broadway came on a minute too early (with the practice countdown), and after the real countdown the Croft Road lights took a few minutes to burst into life.
But as always it really didn’t matter at all. What did matter were the smiles, the chatter, the laughter and the singing as the Crowborough community.
Merry Christmas Crowborough!