Shocking news – due to his unhealthy lifestyle; too many mince pies, numerous units of alcohol (mainly whisky) and smoke inhalation from climbing chimneys Santa Claus is too ill to do Christmas 2010. Never one to let people down other arrangements have had to be made.
For this reason the “S” factor competition was created and on 12th December you are invited to the live final in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Room 1, The Maltings. Performances at 2.30 and 3.00pm
Berwick-upon-Tweed? I hear you say. This small town is hosting this special event for good reason. It is the place of Santa’s official summer residence ( a fact not known to many, and divulged to me by Mrs Claus when I met her in the local library last February). It is rumoured that Santa himself my leave his sick bed to attend this unique and exciting event.
The finalists have been selected and are now busy preparing for the final challenge, everyone of them hoping to be the one identified as having the “S” factor, and having the honour of doing this Christmas for Santa.
Below, a picture of Santa and the finalists at their first meeting at The Maltings on Tue 23rd November 2010.
The “S” Factor finalists are all puppets of characters from festive folklore around the world. They include characters identified by children with a range of national identities including: Swedish; Irish; Filipino; English and Polish.
This culture and heritage project have been delievered by Think Make Grow artists, Anna Turnbull; Trish McLaughlin and Wendy Ward. It was funded by Northumberland Education Community Cohesion Team.
