MORE than 20,000 are expected to join tomorrow’s Christmas Night Light celebrations, which will see Oxford lit up for the festive season.

City centre streets will be filled with performers, traders and musicians from 4pm to 11pm.

A lantern procession will start in Bonn Square at 6.15pm and the Christmas lights will be switched-on in Broad Street at 6.45pm.

Meanwhile, the celebrations at Oxford Castle will also mark the launch of the Oxford Christmas market.

Santa Claus and his helper have been putting the finishing touches to the tree. The lights and decorations will be switched on by Cinderella at 7.15pm.

This year the Oxford Mail and The Oxford Times will have a stall at the market, handing out free hot chocolate and selling copies of the newspapers.

See oxfordchristmasmarket.co.uk