Parish Council prepares to help light up Hassocks

Hassocks Parish Council is helping bring a festive glow to Keymer Road this December, in supporting the village’s Light Up Hassocks event.

Hassocks Community Organisation’s Light Up Hassocks event and Christmas light turn on will take place on Friday 4 December, from 16.00. One of our village’s most valued annual events, for many residents Light up Hassocks kicks off the countdown to Christmas and the festive period.

We will be contributing £1,500 towards the event, as well as continuing to provide the Christmas lights and coordinating their switch-on with the event organisers. Before the celebrations begin, residents can join us at the Parish Centre from 14.30 for a mince pie, a hot drink and a friendly chat.

A fresh festive look for Keymer Road

This year’s decorations will have a fresh new look. In addition to a large ‘Merry Christmas’ sign, lampposts will be brightly decorated with 30 ‘star and swirl’ designs from The Festive Lighting Company.

The new climate-conscious LED lights will bring a welcoming glow during the darkest time of the year making the centre of our village a nicer place to visit, for entertainment, shopping and work.

Installation is planned from 27 November, ready for the official switch-on on 4 December.

Open afternoon

Prior to Light Up Hassocks officially kicking off at 16.00, Hassocks Parish Council will be holding a festive open afternoon and mince pie social at the Parish Centre in Adastra Park. From 14.30, residents are warmly invited to stop in for a mince pie, hot drink and relaxed chat with some of their local parish councillors.

Merry Christmas & season’s greetings from Hassocks Parish Council

The Parish Council’s Christmas lights celebrate Christmas and the many cultural festivals throughout December, including: Hanukkah (5-12th, Jewish), Bodhi Day (8th, Buddhist) Winter Solstice and Yule (20-23rd, Pagan, Wiccan and cultural), Gita Jayanti, Datta Jayanti and Mokshada Ekadashi (20-23rd, Hindu), Human Light (23rd, Humanist) and Kwanzaa (26th to 1st January, cultural and pan-African spiritual).

Photo information: Night/dusk photo of ‘Star & Swirl Sail’ design on lampposts from The Festive Lighting Company promotional material.