Saintfield’s Main Street was host to dozens of Santas on horseback for this year’s Saintfield Christmas Charity Santa Ride on Saturday 7th December.

Gary Henderson took photographs of the event and kindly submitted them to discoversaintfield.com.  They can be viewed HERE.

The names of the winners can be found HERE.

“First I want to say thank you for your generous gift of £145.00 to the DEC Philippines Typhoon Appeal.

Because of your generosity we can provide hope to some of the Millions whose lives have been turned upside down by the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan.

Hope to people like 10-year-old Rafael, who lost his father when the Typhoon struck. His cries for help did not go un-noticed; it was you and many others like you that decided to answer his call. Now we can provide people like Rafael with food, shelter and urgent medical supplies.

We simply could not do this without you, so once more on behalf of all those affected by this disaster, who will receive aid because of you, we say thank you.”

More details can be found HERE.

Fire performance group FirePoise opened and closed the evening.  The Christmas Tree lights were switched on by Saintfield man Paddy Jackson, the Ulster and Ireland rugby player.  Santa gave sweets to the children, and Batman made an appearance too!  There was a Christmas Market, the BBC Big Bus was in town, and there were old favourites too, like the children’s roundabout and the miniature steam train.

There are many attractions for all age groups, made possible by generous donations from local traders and businesses, together with some support from Down District Council. The Saintfield Christmas Fair is an ideal way to begin the festive season, with something to please all the family.

Full details of Saintfield Christmas Fair can be found HERE.