The countdown to Christmas is on.
It’s still only mid-October but the Christmas lights are going up in Huddersfield town centre.
Work crews are putting up the festive displays across town in preparation for Huddersfield’s popular switch-on night.
The Christmas season will be launched on Saturday, November 14 by children’s favourites Officer Ditty and Professor Poet, alias Joe and Andy, from CBeebies’ The Rhyme Rocket.
Families will be invited to join Commander Rhyme-a-lot in launching his rhyme-powered rocket into the Huddersfield sky.
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The lights switch-on event will be hosted by radio presenter Paul Foster and the Pulse 1 Radio Roadshow.
Look back to last year's Christmas lights switch-on in our gallery
The fun will start at 4.45pm in the Piazza with singers and dancers before Joe and Andy flick the switch to light up the town at 6.10pm.
Also on the day, the Huddersfield Festive Bazaar will take place on Nelson Mandela Corner from 11am to 6.30pm.
There will be more than 20 stalls offering food and gifts galore to launch the festive season.
