This year's Christmas Grotto at the Trafford Centre will have an extra special guest - with Paddington Bear joining the fun for the first time. The shopping mall has announced that it will open its Christmas with Paddington Grotto Experience as part of the Tinseltown festive extravaganaza.
Centre bosses say the Christmas Grotto will be "bigger and better than ever before with Paddington's arrival". Paddington is loved by families across the world, and has had a new lease of life in recent years with his two big screen outings.
Now the character will be part of what is promised to be a magical grotto journey through Paddington's home with the Brown family - with lots of fun photo opportunities for all ages along the way. The experience will launch as part of the full Tinseltown event at the Trafford Centre from November.
