A man who says he is Britain's longest-serving Santa is celebrating his 60th year of spreading Christmas cheer to children and has no plans to hang up his sack just yet.
Ray Hulse, 78, has handed out thousands of gifts to delighted youngsters since donning the festive red and white suit as a stand-in back in 1962 when he was 18.
The grandad-of-one has never missed a single year dressing up as jolly St Nick - even managing to carry on through the pandemic with socially distanced appearances.