Waltonswatcher Sun 16-Nov-14 15:23:14

We went to Milton Keynes last night (escaping my teenage dds party) .

I am still fuming about the christmas display . Middleton Hall shopping centre is known for a stunning christmas centrepiece . It's slowly allowed commercialism to creep in - starting a few years ago with cabins selling tat . But the main features were always a breathtaking scene that you wandered around with plenty to see . All ages would visit -there's always been a train ,carousel and grotto that charged entry ,but the rest was free . The scene always incorporated a wishing well that benefitted a charity .

Well this year there is no display .

It's one huge money spinning santas shitting grotto . Feck all to look at for young or old . There's the train and carousel but the gorgeous displays vanished .

You can pay to enter a plastic igloo to make fucking reindeer food with a miserable elf and visit the bearded old bugger .

They've really robbed the joy and delight from what was once one of the few things MK did well .

Fucking shame .