Win ticket to Santa’s Grotto at Eddie Catz

When we woke up after Halloween we moved straight on to the next celebration. There’s obviously no time to waste when it comes to Christmas. Or more specifically Christmas with kids.

In the morning on 1 November we all got ourselves ready to meet Santa at a Santa’s Grotto press preview at soft play centre Eddie Catz in Wimbledon, near Merton Abbey Mills,

It was not somewhere we’d been before–and I can’t say Daddy T and I share Baby Girl’s love for running around in London’s soft play centres–but Baby Girl was super excited about both the trip and arriving at Eddie Catz, where we started the morning with a hot chocolate and biscuit in the cafeteria.

At the back of the centre, there are now two small rooms dedicated to Santa’s Grotto, and families get to start the experience by writing letters to Santa and preparing reindeer food with glitter and cereals before meeting Santa, having a photo taken and receiving a present.

For three-year-old Baby Girl, stirring reindeer food with glitter and having it packed up in a bag to take home was clearly exciting, and she was in a good mood when meeting the cheerful Eddie Catz Santa. When Daddy T and I commented on the fact that the fun Santa with a distinctive accent must have come from the US she quickly corrected us and explained he came from the North Pole.

Baby Girl looked pretty serious when meeting Santa, four-month-old Baby Boy couldn’t stop staring at him, and Daddy T and I were in the background giggling from his jokes. In addition to being funny, however, Santa was also kind, and I was impressed with the fact that even Baby Boy received a present from the generous Santa. While Santa had a small soft toy for three-year-old Baby Girl, he had a Christmas dribble bib for the youngest visitors.

Baby Boy might not have been able to benefit from the opportunity to run around in the soft play area at Eddie Catz after the Santa experience, but he has at least made the most of his very practical present, which now reminds us of the lighthearted and joyful Santa at Eddie Catz.

To be in with a chance of winning a ticket (worth £15-20) to Santa’s Grotto at Eddie Catz, which is a sweet activity for families who live near Eddie Catz and want to visit the soft play centre in the run up to Christmas, please email your name and address to info@mummyinthecity.com with the subject line ‘Santa’.

The competition is open to UK residents, and the winner will be selected at random from all entries received by midnight on 22 November 2015. The winner will receive a ticket for one child and up to two adults to meet Santa at Eddie Catz Wimbledon. The tickets are subject to availability, and there is no cash alternative. The prize does not include travel and accommodation. When entering the competition you will automatically be subscribed to Mummy in the City news. To opt out of receiving news from Mummy in the City, please write ‘unsubscribe’ in the email entry.

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