Santa will continue his tour of villages around Aberystwyth this evening as he heads to Penrhyncoch.

Having already been to Borth, Talybont and Bow Street this week, Father Christmas will tonight head to Penrhyncoch between 5pm and 6.30pm before heading to Comins Coch from 6.30pm.

He will head to Waunfawr, including Cae’r Wylan, on Friday between 5pm and 7pm.

Santa will spend the weekend in Penparcau with the plan currently to cover Min y Ddol up to Maesheli on Saturday and Heol Tyn y Fron up to Garth Dinas and Maesycrugiau on Sunday.

Organisers Light ‘em Up also hope to travel through Aberystwyth centre on Saturday, but no times have been given yet.

Santa will finish his tour in Llanbadarn between 5pm and 7pm on Monday.

Joe Wilcox from Light Em Up said: “As much as we would love to visit all villages in the Aberystwyth area, we are on a tight schedule, and given Welsh weather is unpredictable we need to have some leeway with potential change around of days if the weather makes certain days impossible to do.

“A friendly reminder to please keep to the two metre socially distanced rule.”

Speaking of the decision to give Santa a tour of Aberystwyth, Joe said: “We thought it would be good to put something on to brighten up the local communities’ lives; something that we could do while maintaining social distancing between us and the community.

"Just getting a wave from the big man in red could make a child’s Christmas."

The Santa sleigh will also be raising money for the local RNLI crew.

The latest times and updates can be found on the Light ‘em Up Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lightemupaber