Nottingham's Christmas Winter Wonderland has become bigger and more ambitious every year, apart from the blip during the pandemic when the world was thrown into chaos. Around one million visitors from Nottingham and beyond are expected to descend on the city over the festive season.
This year around 60 stalls are selling food and drink and gifts and the UK's first ever aerial skate path allows skaters to glide high above Old Market Square. At the heart of it is a 60ft Christmas tree decked out with 4,000 twinkly LED lights. It's magical, especially when the rain stops and the artificial snow starts to come down overhead as Chrimbo songs play.
But the event has divided opinion like never before. There's those who will pay any price to attend and others who say they can't afford to go as the cost-of-living crisis bites even harder in the run-up to Christmas.
