This year’s event was our most successful to date and despite the rain, crowds flocked to the Market Place on mass to celebrate the big Switch-On and spread some festive cheer!

Mansfield Christmas Lights Committee wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Hannah's design

A 7 year old from Mansfield, Hannah Beth Carr, has won the Four Seasons Shopping Centre’s ‘Design-A- Light’ competition, and will now see her design made up into a 150 cm x 150 cm Christmas decoration and displayed above the front entrance to the centre.
An enthusiastic member of the shopping centre’s B:Club since it started, Hannah is over the moon that her design was chosen by the Christmas Lights Committee. She has told all her friends that they must visit the town centre and see her winning design! Hannah will be a VIP guest at the Mansfield Switch On event on 12th November, to see her light switched on, and has won a family ticket to the Panto, Aladdin, at the Palace Theatre in Mansfield, and a £20 Four Seasons Gift Card.
“I am so excited and can’t wait to see my picture made up in the lights.  It’s going to be great! I also can’t wait to go to the theatre and see Aladdin.” Says Hannah (aged 7).
Rebekah O’Neill, Centre Manager at Four Seasons Shopping Centre says:
“The standard of designs that we received was very high.  It was hard for the Christmas Lights Committee to pick a winner, but we all loved the simplicity of Hannah’s design, and thought it summed up Christmas perfectly!  We are looking forward our Christmas light switch-on on 12th November when the full effect of the design will be seen for the first time”.

The design made up in lights

Inside you’ll find tons of stuff to do for the whole family, Including Halloween fun, Christmas markets and the B:Club. To find out more download the PDF from the link above.

Stage show starts at 5.30 pm

Switch on of the lights at 6.45pm

For full events list click Switch on 2009

The competition which is organised by ourselves and is being run by Mansfield-based Making It! will give one lucky child the chance to have their own custom designed Christmas light made – which will then be displayed on the front of the Four Seasons Shopping Centre over the festive period.

To be in with a chance of winning this illuminating prize, children will be invited to take part in workshops across the weekend in September where they will be given the chance to design their Christmas lights.

Children can let their imaginations run wild as part of the competition and enter any design they want.  The Christmas Lights Committee will then review the entries before selecting one lucky winner to have the light made and displayed pride of place at the centre.

Rebekah O’Neill, from the Mansfield Christmas Lights Committee and Centre Manager at Four Seasons Shopping Centre said, “We’re really excited to be hosting the Christmas lights competition and although September may seem a little early to be getting into the Christmas spirit we urge any children wanting to add some extra sparkle to this year’s festivities to come and enter the competition!”