Right after they arrived Al was reading the local newspaper and stumbled on a blazing controversy:
Santa has defended the choice of a punk band to switch on the Christmas lights in Cambridge.
Father Christmas, who will join the band’s Captain Sensible and Dave Vanian on the balcony of The Guildhall for Sunday’s switch-on, emailed the News to say he was looking forward to the event.
“I have no problems at all in sharing the balcony with The Damned,” Santa said.
Unfortunately we missed the penultimate moment, though we did see the Ice Queen parading through town on stilts as we walked by on our way to Grantchester.