I took my 5 and 7 year olds to Santa's Secret Village Saturday for the third year running (says it all) and they loved it just as much as the last two years if not even more. Santa had a new helper this year, cheeky Elf Vicky,who was brilliant with the children. The children were engrossed with Santa's story about 'The Christmas Incident' and my youngest loved having a hug from Mrs Claus. Now I feel like it's Christmas

Rex Kings Lynn Norfolk

Well, hate to go against the flow & could not comment about Santa, because we did not see him, but personally thought this was a bit second rate.

The stalls (with some noteable exceptions) were selling the usual tatt & very few had much to do with Germany. Crowds of people looking for something to see.

Certainly would not make a special visit to see it...

I took my four year old twin girls to see Santa on Friday, they loved him! The elves showed them how to do the elf dance which they are practicing today. The owner was fantastic and everyone defiantly had the Christmas Spirit. A big thank you to all the people there, I thought they where well worth seeing, and as we get closer to Christmas maybe even another visit with my eldest child too! The photo is also brilliant.

We took our 5 year old and his friend to see Santa today and they had a lovely time! They loved popping bubbles with one of the elves outside and then really enjoyed seeing Santa and Mrs Claus inside. We came away with a really nice photo and a lovely "extra, early" Christmas present! Our son is writing all about it in his scrapbook as I'm typing this. It was perfectly pitched for both the children and grown ups. Thank you!

I stumbled across this market last year when I was living in London for a short time and nothing has made me feel so much in the Christmas mood since I lived in Sweden nearly 10 years ago and visited Lapland.

It's particularly magical at night with all the lights and the food and smells are delicious, I plan to go again this year in the next few weeks to get me in the Christmas spirit again.

Our 4 year old daughter kept asking if she could go & see Santa. I found out that he was visiting the South Bank for a while & because that's not too far from where we live we booked a surprise visit for her. At first she was a bit shy but Father Christmas soon brought her out of her shell by telling her stories & asking her what was on her Christmas list.

My partner & I both really enjoyed being there listening to the stories with our daughter & seeing the sheer happiness on her face, she was over the moon with her extra present & also the kiss that Father Christmas put in her pocket to put under her pillow (which she did as soon as we got home). It was really worth the time, money & sitting on the floor for 30mins.

She still hasn't stopped talking about her time with Father Christmas & I have now got other Mum's from the school asking for the details.. Well worth the look on the little one's face's!!!

Wow !

I am not normally a person who spends time leaving posts on sites like this, however on this occasion I could help but tell all you parents how good this was.

My wife and I wanted to take our 4 year old son to visit father Christmas in Lapland this year. Without going into to much detail I was asked to leave work 2 weeks ago being made redundant from my job after 6 years.

This of course has meant that the visit to Lapland has been put on hold.

Well to cut a long story short my wife found this site whilst looking for a venue in London to take Jack to see the big man himself.

It was fantastic to say the least. My son loved it I loved it...We all loved it. This place made me feel like a kid again, and brought a massive smile all of our faces.

After all the stress we have been through in recent weeks I would like to thank everyone at the secret village for helping to make our Christmas a special one.

Thank you , Thanks you

I would recommend everyone young and old to visit Mr & Mrs Claus

If anyone reads this Have a great Christmas

James

We had a super start to the Christmas build up by taking our children to Santa's secret village. The interview with Santa was very realistic and original, he was jovial and kind and it was a great first introduction to Santa for our little boy. He thoroughly enjoyed his time decorating the gingerbread and we have some lovely photos of our memorable day. We would recommend this as a great way for you and your family to get into the Christmas mood.