Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas – and the countdown is on. Shops are bursting with festive goodies, cafes and restaurants are promoting their seasonal menus and more … and Cupar Rotary Club has announced dates and times for their Santa Sleigh!

But – PLEASE DO NOT PROMISE YOUR CHILDREN THAT SANTA WILL APPEAR!

Just as Santa relies on his little helpers to make Christmas happen, so our local Rotary Club needs a small army of volunteers to make the sleigh run. As they tell us: “Weather, breakdowns and/or umpteen other reasons means the routes and times cannot be guaranteed” adding “even on the night, we could be delayed and need to miss streets out.”

Catch a glimpse …

A Glympse link will be posted on Rotary’s Facebook page during the afternoon of each day. Simply click on this Glympse tag to follow the sleigh for that evening.

The groups taking part this year: AM Soccer, Auchtermuchty Bellevue Colts, Bell Baxter Global Goals, Castlehill Primary, Cupar Army Cadet Force, Cupar Colts, Cupar Explorer Scouts, Cupar Gala, Cupar Hearts, Cupar Scout Group, Cupar Youth Café, Cupar@Christmas, Fife Folk Museum, Freuchie Scouts, Howe of Fife RFC, St. Columba’s parents and Yvonne Gray Dance Studios.

The planned streets for each area can be found by clicking on this Dropbox link and then selecting the document for your area …

When and where …

The following list of dates, supporting groups, areas and approximate times. Again, please do not promise your children that Santa will be there.

• November
  • Sat 30th  – Bell Baxter Global Goals, Ladybank 5 – 7:30
• December
  • Sun 1st – Fife Folk Museum, Ceres 5 – 7:30
  • Mon 2nd – Freuchie Scouts, Freuchie 6 – 8:30
  • Tue 3rd – Cupar Hearts, Springfield 6 – 8:30
  • Wed 4th no Sleigh or catch-up
  • Thu 5th – Cupar Colts, Leuchars 6 – 8:30
  • Fri 6th – AM Soccer, Guardbridge 6 – 8:30
  • Sat 7th – Auchtermuchty Bellevue Colts, Auchtermuchty 5 – 7:30
  • Sun 8th – St. Columba’s, Cupar Edenbank 4 – 6
  • Sun 8th – St. Castlehill School, Cupar Dalgairn 6 – 8:30
  • Mon 9th – Cupar Explorer Scouts, Cupar Kinloss 6 – 8:30
  • Tue 10th – Cupar Scouts, Cupar Central 6 – 8:30
  • Wed 11th – no Sleigh or catch-up
  • Thu 12th – Cupar Army Cadets, Cupar West & Cuparmuir 6 – 8:30
  • Fri 13th – Cupar Youth Cafe, Cupar Westfield 6 – 8:30
  • Sat 14th – Yvonne Gray Dance Studios, Kingskettle/Kettlebridge 5 – 7:30
  • Sun 15th – Cupar Gala, Cupar Tarvit 4 – 6
  • Sun 15th – Cupar@Christmas, Cupar Robertson Road 6 – 8:30
  • Mon 16th – Howe of Fife under-14s, Balmullo 6 – 8:30
  • Tue 17th – Howe of Fife Under-18s, Dairsie then Cupar Sandylands 6 – 8:30
  • Wed 18th no Sleigh or catch-up
  • Thu 19th – Howe of Fife under-18s, Letham/Pitlessie/Craigrothie 6 – 8:30
  • Fri 20th no Sleigh or catch-up
  • Sat 21st – Cupar Rotary TESCO day 10 – 4

Help to support the sleigh …

If you’d like to help the local Rotary Club provide this wonderful community project, you can make a donation to their JustGiving page. As well as working with and supporting local groups, Santa’s Sleigh 2024 is being focused on those most in need locally, by sending a large proportion of the donations to Cupar Foodbank.

Just click on the image below for more …

 

And don’t miss out …

Cupar at Christmas are running an indoor market in the Corn Exchange ahead of this year’s lights switch on. Click on the image below for more. And from information they have shared, the lights will be switched on at 6pm on Saturday 23rd. Visit their Facebook page via this link for all other updates.

 

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