More than 60 local traders will be offering handmade, home designed and artisan products and food at Shropshire Handmade and Creative Christmas Gift Fair on Saturday and Sunday (November 24 and 25).

Hundreds of runners, joggers and walkers who will be dressing up as Santa to take part in this year’s Salop Santa Dash in Shrewsbury will also help to raise funds for the Zac Oliver Appeal.

A receptionist at a leading Shrewsbury company, who began supporting Operation Christmas Child 19 years ago, has already received more than 80 shoeboxes packed with Christmas gifts for children living in extreme poverty.

A dozen charities are being invited to adopt and decorate a Christmas tree in the showroom at a Shrewsbury leisure company to boost their fundraising.

A Shropshire leisure business is pulling out all the stops to make this year’s action-packed and fun-filled festive season one to remember.

A record-breaking 1,500 children met Santa Claus in his grotto at caravan dealership Salop Leisure in Shrewsbury in the run up to Christmas.

The Severn Hospice has received an early Christmas gift of £2,000 thanks to 300 Santas who took part in the first ever Salop Santa Dash earlier this month.

One of the focal points of every cosy home at Christmas is a decorated fir tree under which the presents are often stored until the big day.

Christmas came early to Shrewsbury on Sunday as hundreds of Santas left behind their reindeers and sleighs and set off on foot to take part in a fun run that raised £2,000 for Severn Hospice.

Staff in offices across Shropshire and mid Wales are being urged to sport their Christmas knits this week as part of a charity campaign.