PREVIEW: The Snowman/Father Christmas Festive Double Bill

Come along to The Guildhall for this truly lovely festive double bill adapted from Raymond Briggs’ books that will appeal to kids and grown-ups alike.

Father Christmas is a 1991 animated short based on two books: Father Christmas and Father Christmas Goes on Holiday, published in 1973 and 1975 respectively

The Snowman was first published in 1978 and has been enchanting generations since 1982 when it was first seen on our screen.

The Snowman needs little or no introduction. A wordless animated adventure about a young English boy who makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, only for it to come to life that night and take him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus. Featuring the iconic song Walking In The Air.

After a hard night's work, Father Christmas decides to go on a vacation, builds his sledge into a caravan and holidays in France, Scotland and Las Vegas before coming home and settling down, with a bit of grumbling, to answer the mail, get the gifts ready, deliver them and get to the snowmen’s party on time - only this time he's forgotten something...

*The music perfectly complements the animation, especially during the flying scenes where the landscape unfolds in rolling images like waves.* BBC Films

The one and only screening of this is at 3pm on Saturday 22nd December be sure not to miss it!