The city centre is about to get a massive dose of festive cheer with the return of the city's light-up Santa statue. While usual events like the Christmas lights switch-on and the Christmas ...

The giant Santa who oversees the Manchester Christmas Markets from his perch high above Albert Square has arrived on the back of a lorry this afternoon.

The Christmas Markets may have opened, but there's one figure still missing from Manchester's festivities and that's the Big Santa. Christmas isn't Christmas without the giant light-up character ...

Albert Square was historically the centrepiece of Manchester's Christmas Markets, watched over by a giant inflatable Father Christmas, known as Zippy, that sat in front of the town hall.

IF your trip to Manchester Christmas Markets hasn't quite been the same without a picture in front of a giant light-up Santa then fear not.

A giant Father Christmas attraction known as "Zippy" in Manchester has been put up for sale by the council. The huge Santa figure has watched over the city's Christmas market in Albert Square for ...

Santa Claus inflatables have become as much a Christmas staple as Christmas trees. People enjoy displaying them in their own yard and looking at blow-up Santa Claus decorations in other people&#821… ...

Manchester will be "making up for lost time" as it welcomes back the city's "world-famous Christmas Markets", a councillor has said. The markets were mostly cancelled for the first time in their ...

With only a month to go until the opening of Manchester's world-famous Christmas Markets, the locations have been revealed for this year's stalls.

A VISITOR to Manchester’s famous Christmas market said they took just £20 with them – and got value for their money. With the cost of living looming upon us, most Brits are watching the… ...

A giant Father Christmas attraction known as "Zippy" has found a new home after watching over a Christmas market for more than a decade.

A giant Father Christmas attraction known as "Zippy" in Manchester has been put up for sale by the council. The huge Santa figure has watched over the city's Christmas market in Albert Square for ...