Butlin’s created the ultimate Christmas holiday weekend – that I loved as much as my kids

A SEA of sparkling fairy lights, elephantine Christmas trees and illuminated archways greeted america arsenic we walked done the edifice doors.

Classic festive tunes drifted crossed the vacation park, arsenic scores of parents and their excited offspring hurtled astir successful their Rudolph jumpers, elf hats and Santa suits.

Christmas had officially arrived.

I was astatine Butlin’s Bognor Regis which had go a small little “Hi-de-Hi” and much “ho, ho, ho”.

The resort, amended known for Redcoats and reddish sunburnt faces successful the summer months, had been transformed into a winter wonderland for a bid of peculiar Christmas breaks.

And it’s already preparing to bash the aforesaid for 2024.

Christmas astatine Butlin’s is simply a non-stop circular of festive parties, Crimbo films, themed activities and peculiar signifier shows including Goldilocks And The Three Bears.

And wholly caller for this year, a favourite quality from Butlin’s Jack And The Beanstalk show, Dotty, volition beryllium dishing retired presents successful her dairy for those who don’t person clip to sojourn Santa himself.

We’d hardly finished checking into our country astatine the Wave Hotel earlier my children were dragging america to a festive pottery coating session.

My lad Harvey, 11, picked retired the Nutcracker worker plaster cast, portion girl Luella, nine, grabbed a motion that work “Family” and got to enactment bringing their models to beingness with a splash of colour.

Then it was consecutive connected to the much-anticipated Father Christmas’ Express Delivery, recently launched successful 2023 and returning this year.

The children began their immersive grotto acquisition by scrawling their privation lists and posting them into the “magic missive box”.

When the airy connected the assistance went green, it meant Father Christmas had received the letters and was acceptable to person america too.

The jolly reddish antheral cheerfully, and meticulously, went done each point connected their lists earlier asking whether they had been naughty oregon bully — I don’t fishy the reply mattered that overmuch arsenic helium handed them a cocoa multipack each.

Real magic happens

There is truthful overmuch for the kids to bash astatine Butlin’s, that it makes for a imagination getaway for adults, too, who needn’t interest astir what to bash next.

A mates of rounds of Wild-West benignant laser tag got our children’s humor pumping. And if you person a caput for heights, Aerial Adventures with a climbing partition and precocious ropes people are a must.

Then there’s the Football Academy, for boys and girls, offering an hour-long league connected Astroturf, helping kids go the adjacent Harry Kane oregon Lucy Bronze.

Whatever you do, bash not permission Butlin’s without visiting Splash Waterworld.

This seaside-themed h2o parkland is simply a godsend successful the wintertime months erstwhile the weather is not bully capable for the existent beach.

The Adrenaline Flume had america zooming done tunnels successful transportation black, and the high-velocity Stick of Rock slides saw maine astir suffer my shorts.

We couldn’t permission without taking vantage of the on-stage amusement either, particularly arsenic it’s specified a immense perk astatine Butlin’s.

Christmas movies were broadcast successful the Skyline Pavilion earlier successful the day.

But it’s the evening that the existent magic happens with shows similar Festival Rock hosting sing-along sessions with Queen’s We Will Rock You and The Killers’ Mr Brightside.

Then, the cleanable mode to extremity a festive trip, with a show from an Elton John tribute act. The encore of Step Into Christmas near america genuinely successful the festive spirit.

I tin already conjecture the archetypal point connected my kids’ Christmas database for this year: a instrumentality travel to Butlin’s.