How is Rochester celebrating National Christmas Jumper Day?

People across the county have been donating to Save The Children and wearing some Christmas cotton at the same time. Finn Macdiarmid reports.

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00:00Now I'm here in Rochester, which has been completely Christmassed up.

00:03They've got lights, they've got trees, even a life-size Santa.

00:06Well, I've been at the charity shop behind me and they've very kindly lent me this suit,

00:09as we're going to be asking people about what they're doing for Christmas Jumper Day.

00:13And how could I ask them if I was wearing just a plain old suit?

00:15So, I think this will do me a lot better.

00:18We started the search for Christmas jumpers with a high street florists,

00:21where mum and daughter duo were sporting matching outfits.

00:24Every day is Christmas Jumper Day in December.

00:27It's how it works.

00:28We did know.

00:29Yeah, we did know.

00:31We do try and go bigger and better every year, don't we?

00:33This year we excelled ourselves with an infinity elf, a life-size infinity elf,

00:38which has brought a lot of happiness to lots of children

00:41of coming to see the elf and things like that, so it's nice.

00:44We then noticed a body-piercing shop decorated with some Disney-themed cheer.

00:49As you can see, it's quite spectacular.

00:51And then the stuff in the windows that we've done, we've pretty much done ourselves.

00:55And you're big Disney fans, I can get it.

00:56Yeah, my boss is a very much big Disney fan, yes.

00:59And right at the end of the street, we spotted someone out to ruin Rochester's Christmas.

01:04The Grinch is requested every year by the children, and a lot of adults come across.

01:10We do a lot of displays, so if it's not Christmas, it's Halloween or Remembrance Day,

01:16so there's always something going on in our window.

01:18After the early cancellation of some of Rochester's Christmas festival,

01:21plenty of businesses along the street were adopting some Christmas cheer to brighten the mood,

01:25even two weeks before the big day.

01:27Finn McDermott for CAME-TV in Rochester.