Free Tesco Santa Grotto 2024

Tesco’s free Santa grotto last year was incredibly popular and tickets booked out really quickly after they were launched.  During a cost of living crisis it gave all families the opportunity for some Christmas magic.  With tickets released in early November last year, the big questions is

Will Tesco have a free Santa’s Grotto in 2024?

There has been no general release (as of 8th Nov 2024) of tickets or public announcement from Tesco on a free Santa’s grotto.  However, there are rumours flying around everywhere.



Tesco Santa’s Grotto Email Code 2024

We’ve heard from one person who has received an email from Tesco about the Santa’s grotto for this year but not everyone signed up for a newsletter has received an email.  It looks like this year’s Tesco grotto will be by invite only and the criteria for this hasn’t been confirmed.  Perhaps large families with a high spend at Tesco stores?

We’ll be keep an eye out for any updates or if they release spaces out after the initial email invites so do check back in for the latest news.

Red Kite Days Surrey editor Michelle visited her local Tesco Brooklands last year and here’s what she thought.

Tesco did an amazing job at creating such a magical experience for the whole family, and all for free.

One of Santa’s helpers welcomed us into the grotto, where we saw Christmas gifts being brought to life in the elves’ workshop.
We then had the chance to write  wish lists to Santa in the workshop and pop them into the speedy post box. Finally a happy hello and a ho-ho-ho from Mr Claus himself.

Loved that we were given digital photo to remember the day too. This was such a great event which Tesco has put on, the attention to detail was amazing, and you can see that so much effort has gone into creating these special moments.

Free or Cheap Santa’s Grottos 2024

If you don’t get the chance to visit a free Santa’s grotto at Tesco this year, there are free and low cost alternatives.  Christmas light switch on events often have the chance to meet Father Christmas. School fairs, Christmas markets and special events are great options too.  Our Christmas experience Santa grotto guide has lots of great ideas all over the country from free, cheap and the full works.



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