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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
John Paul Clark

West Lothian streets visited by Santa Claus in the run up to Christmas

Santa Claus has been visiting families in West Lothian this week as he begins his annual tour.

The Garage are a local family business in Whitburn and they have been running the event in recent years.

They take in donations during Santa's Sleigh Tour and raised money for local charities in the area in past years.

Like last year they have had to make some adjustments this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and will be operating a moving tour only, and will not be making any stops.

They have an online tracker for local children to tune in and follow Santa as he tours Whitburn and surrounding areas.

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The Garage as the name suggests are mechanics by day and once they finish work at 5:30pm they don their suits and get into the sleigh and start the tour at 6pm every evening.

Locals in the area have grown to love Santa's Sleigh Tour and it is looked forward to with much anticipation.

When The Garage announced this year's festivities online locals lined up to relay their gratitude.

One said: "My little ones all excited!! Going to walk to Boghall roundabout to see him as she misses him every other year waiting for him to pass train station.

Another added: "Been to Beecraigs Festive Forest and started with a visit to Santa so passing the sleigh on the way home was the icing on the cake!"

And one quipped: "Thank you for doing this for another year. Spreading the excitement for our kids!"

Santa has been touring the streets of West Lothian for over a week now and it is hard work for the guys at The Garage but they promise, weather permitting, that they will be out for one last tour before the big day.

Stay tuned to their Facebook page for updates in the meantime.

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