Elves to the rescue to ensure Santa’s carnival carriage | Galw am gymorth i ddatrys problem â sled Siôn Corn

Elves to the rescue to ensure Santa’s carnival carriage

SNOW way! Llanelli’s Christmas carnival lead float has failed its MOT.

Have no fear. Christmas is not cancelled. Nobody’s in danger, Santa doesn’t have to resort to his bike and presents will be delivered and, thankfully, Wales’s biggest Christmas carnival will go ahead in Llanelli Town Centre on Friday night with Santa at the helm.

There will be no need or Rudolph’s nose to be flashing red not blue like the police cars ahead of the procession of 16 floats this year. A team of Santa’s workshop elves have come to the rescue to make sure the 20,000 crowd expected to flood the town centre will not be disappointed.

Santa’s workshop have been working round the clock to salvage the day and Gravells of Kidwelly and Narberth Round Table have dashed to Llanelli’s carnival aid loaning their float and making sure it has wheels, wings and skis.

After spearheading Llanelli’s carnival for many years and being the centrepiece of dozens of parades for different community groups, the Swansea City Council float has sadly failed the MOT with it chassis rusting and it may end up on the scrapheap.

It is not available to rent and is not featuring in Swansea’s Christmas lights switch-on this year for the first time in 30 years.

County executive member for culture sport and tourism Cllr Peter Hughes Griffiths said: “Carnival organisers have had a few heart stopping moments this year over Santa’s sleigh.

“But the generous hearts of Gravells, Kidwelly, and Narberth Round Table have saved the day to make sure Santa and Rudolph’s carriage glows brightly ahead of the stunning carnival parade.”

Galw am gymorth i ddatrys problem â sled Siôn Corn

MAE prif fflôt Carnifal Nadolig Llanelli wedi methu ei phrawf MOT.

Ond peidiwch â phoeni. Mae cynllun arall i’w gael. Wrth lwc, ni fydd yn rhaid i Siôn Corn balu drwy eira a rhew ar ei feic er mwyn dosbarthu anrhegion, o na!  Diolch byth, bydd Carnifal Nadolig mwyaf Cymru yn cael ei gynnal yng Nghanol Tref Llanelli nos Wener a bydd Siôn Corn wrth y llyw fel arfer yn arwain yr 16 fflôt fydd yn cymryd rhan eleni.

Mae tîm o gynorthwywyr Siôn Corn wedi achub y dydd er mwyn sicrhau na fydd y dorf o oddeutu 20,000 y mae disgwyl iddynt garlamu i’r dref ar y noson yn cael eu siomi.

Mae’r cynorthwywyr wedi bod yn gweithio bob awr o’r dydd er mwyn ceisio helpu ac mae cwmni Gravells, Cydweli a Ford Gron Arberth wedi cynnig benthyg eu fflôt i’r Carnifal a sicrhau ei bod mewn cyflwr penigamp ar gyfer y dyn pwysig.

Ar ôl arwain Carnifal Llanelli am nifer o flynyddoedd a bod yn ganolbwynt i ddwsinau o orymdeithiau ar gyfer gwahanol grwpiau cymunedol, yn anffodus mae fflôt Cyngor Dinas Abertawe wedi methu ei phrawf MOT gan fod y ffrâm wedi rhydu.  Mae’n ddigon posibl mai dim ond i’r domen sgrap aiff y fflôt bellach.

Nid oes modd rhentu’r fflôt ac ni fydd yn rhan o seremoni cynnau’r goleuadau Nadolig yn Abertawe eleni am y tro cyntaf mewn 30 o flynyddoedd.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Peter Hughes Griffiths, yr Aelod o’r Bwrdd Gweithredol dros ddiwylliant, chwaraeon a thwristiaeth: “Mae trefnwyr y Carnifal wedi cael sawl rhwystr eleni o ran sled Siôn Corn.

“Ond mae caredigrwydd cwmni Gravells, Cydweli a Ford Gron Arberth wedi sicrhau y bydd sled Siôn Corn a Rwdolff yn ymweld â’r Carnifal eleni eto – yr un mor bert ag erioed.”