It's the biggest Christmas grotto experience in Greater Manchester - and this year there's a special guest joining Santa at the Trafford Centre in the form of Paddington Bear. The Christmas with Paddington Experience has officially launched and hundreds of families will be heading along to explore the new attraction in the weeks ahead.
It all based indoors this year in a huge unit opposite Boots in the shopping mall. And it means there's loads of room to leave prams in the entrance foyer before we head into the experience itself.
The first thing visitors can do after they've checked in with the elves at the front desk is have a picture in a quirky Paddington snowglobe. Families can pretend to have a cup of tea with Paddington, who naturally has his marmalade sandwiches with him, and you can take as many photos as you like here for free.
