Tenby Town Council have finalised their plans for this year’s Christmas festivities - a popular feature for the resort, with Santa arriving via lifeboat into the town centre courtesy of the RNLI?crew.

Discussing the matter at their meeting on Tuesday night, members agreed that the date for the Christmas lights to be officially switched on be Saturday, November 30.

Plans for the day will as always include a wealth of entertainment for Tudor Square from 1.30 pm onwards, leading to the lifeboat launch at 4 pm, with Father Christmas and the Mayor due to arrive in town at around 4.30 pm to switch on the lights starting the countdown to Christmas.

There will be some extra special sparkle this festive season in the town, after members of the town council recently gave the green light to the replacement of the resort’s Christmas lighting displays.

Councillors agreed that instead of continuing to make piecemeal repairs to the existing lights, to commission a totally new scheme for the town.

The bespoke scheme has been designed to cope with more extreme conditions experienced in coastal towns and will see new festoon lighting throughout the town, along with new crossroad displays in Tudor Square.

The council have also agreed to look at the possibilities of using the existing lights that are still operational to extend the lighting to areas outside of the town walls.

The project also includes a completely new set of lights for the town Christmas tree which overlooks Tudor Square from the grounds of St Mary’s Church.