The cast has been revealed for a panto in Kent this Christmas where the cast, their characters and audiences will all be socially distancing.

An appeal is being made specifically for boys' toys as volunteers aim to ease the stress of Christmas on struggling families.

Kent's health chief has warned people their actions in the next few weeks will determine what happens to family's at Christmas.

More than 100 businesses in Kent will each be given a free Christmas tree to boost festive cheer.

Christmas is coming early as one county cinema plans to get the decorations out and make it snow for a festive film showing this week.

'If there is one year when we need panto, it's this year' says the producer of a pop-up panto at the county's biggest theatre, as tickets go on sale.

Mystery local heroes will be turning on a town's Christmas Lights this year as organisers announce preparations for their first ever virtual event.

A volunteer has adapted her Give a Little Love shoe box campaign for Christmas 2020 to ensure the homeless don't go without.

While many Christmas markets and pantomimes have been cancelled, there are still plenty of ways to get festive in Kent this year.

A major theatre has revealed surprise plans for a socially distanced pantomime - after scrapping its annual festive show due to the pandemic.

Visitors can still feel like they've never grown up with Twilight Evenings and a Peter Pan-themed festive event with Great Ormond Street, in lockdown.

A family who run a yearly festive appeal for the homeless have had to adapt the scheme in light of the pandemic.

Managers of a popular grotto are also offering visits from Father Christmas to your home, street, or via Zoom to allow for all safety needs this year.

An alternative Christmas lights event will allow people to mark the start of the festive season from the safety of their own gardens.

An ice rink, returning to one of the country's most iconic landmarks, will be larger to give skaters more space this year.

Another popular pantomime has been forced to postpone this year's shows due to the coronavirus crisis.

Tickets for ice skating this Christmas - which included a special treat for young skaters who turned 10 this year - have been put on hold for now.

A charity has launched a new festive event in a bid to save Christmas 2020 for families.

A Christmas lights switch-on event will be held virtually with crowds discouraged from gathering to witness the action, it has been announced.

Ongoing uncertainty surrounding Covid-19 has resulted in a popular Christmas event being cancelled.