WITH just 19 weeks to go until Christmas Day a Penarth cafe is already taking bookings for when Santa comes to town.

This Sunday, August 17, at 9am, Hamptons will carry out their annual tradition of officially opening their diary for this year’s Breakfast and Tea with Father Christmas.

With just 133 days until Christmas parents are being given the chance to book early to avoid disappointment.

Father Christmas is so busy this year that he won’t be bringing the diary in person but he’ll be sending it ready for his friends at Hamptons to start taking bookings on his behalf.

You can see full details of this year’s programme of Breakfast and Tea with Father Christmas events on their website www.hamptonspenarth.co.uk from Monday, September 11, together with booking details. Bookings will start at 9am on Sunday, August 17, and it will be advisable to book in person on the day the diary opens, as a little bird tells us that Father Christmas' helpers may not be able to get to the phone for the first couple of hours that morning!

Hamptons, 10 Ludlow Lane, Penarth, CF64 1EA

02920 705 391

www.hamptonspenarth.co.uk