Yo Ho ... Oh No!

The other day, someone asked us what was going on in Boston at Christmas.
To be honest, we were stuck for an answer, and decided to take a look around and see what we could find out.
Our starter for ten was the assumption that there would be no Continental Christmas Market this year, because it was driven away last year by unacceptable proposals to locate it out of the way of the sainted Into Town bus service - which effectively meant locating it somewhere where no-one would want to visit it.
We seemed to recall that Boston BID was seeking support for a Christmas Market earlier in the year.
We remember because there was criticism in the local papers back in August that as is so often the case the event was going to ignore the existence of West Street.
Now, though, the event seems to have disappeared from the BID calendar altogether - at least there is nothing about it on the organisation's website, and earlier references to the lack of enthusiasm for the idea seem to have vanished.
A search of Lincolnshire County Council's website finds the combination of the words Christmas and Boston conspicuous by their absence.
Boston Borough Council's website has no reference to any sort of Christmas Market plans, and it's what's on pages also suggest a bleak midwinter on the market cards.
A look at the Boston Standard's What's on internet feature finds it mired in the past rather than looking ahead to the festive season (click on the picture below to enlarge.)
The Target's feature, whilst up to date, has nothing of a Christmassy nature at all in December.
So if you want to celebrate Christmas this year, we suggest you board one of the extra buses laid on by Lincolnshire County Council specifically to take Bostonians to Lincoln or Spalding about which they bragged when it was announced back in October “These new Sunday services will provide improved access for shopping, especially during Christmas and the sales ....."
Yo, ho, no ....
Is Boston celebrating this year .... if you know, please let us know.

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