Wales’ Largest Christmas Carnival is Coming to Town

WITH preparations for the biggest Christmas Carnival in Wales well under way – the Llanelli Christmas Carnival is already in line to become the most spectacular light switch on ever organised in the county.

The town’s Christmas Carnival entertainment including balloon twisting, a fire show and firework extravaganza will make a bang on Friday, November 22, including a craft fayre in St Elli Shopping centre on the Saturday and the celebrated reindeer parade on the Sunday. (Nov 24, starting at noon)

The Carnival is organised by Carmarthenshire County and Llanelli Town and Rural Councils with support from Llanelli Round Table, Radio Carmarthenshire with the Carnival Parade kindly sponsored by Owens Road Services and the Welsh Blood Service.

Organisers and sponsors amalgamated outside Llanelli Town Hall on Friday October 25 to pose for photographs alongside the newly designed Christmas Carnival banner which will be erected outside Ty’r Nant at the start of November.

Councillor Meryl Gravell OBE, Executive Board Member for Carmarthenshire County Council said: “The anticipation surrounding this year’s Carnival is huge, there has been great interest and it is fantastic to hear that this year’s Carnival will be the biggest in 30 years. I would like to take the opportunity to extend my gratitude to the organisers and sponsors.

She continued to add that without the support of sponsors like the Welsh Blood Service, the Llanelli Christmas Carnival would not be able to continually develop year after year, exceeding public expectation and defining Llanelli’s position as creator and host of the largest Christmas Carnival in Wales.”

GYDA paratoadau ar gyfer y Carnifal Nadolig mwyaf yng Nghymru o dan ffordd – Carnifal Nadolig Llanelli yw acglysur cynnau’r golau mwyaf trawiadol i’w drefnu yn y sir erioed.

Bydd adloniant Carnifal Nadolig y dref, yn cynnwys troelli balŵn, sioe tân a sioe tân gwyllt yn gwneud bang ar Dydd Gwener 22 Tachwedd, hefyd bydd ffair grefftau yng nghanolfan Siopa St Elli ar dydd Sadwrn a’r gorymdaith ceirw enwog ar y dydd Sul . ( 24 Tachwedd , yn dechrau am hanner dydd )

Mae’r Carnifal yn cael ei threfnu gan Gyngor Sir Caerfyrddin a Chyngor Gwledig a Thref Llanelli gyda chefnogaeth gan Bord Gron Llanelli a Radio Sir Gaerfyrddin, mae’r achlysur yn cael ei noddi yn garedig gan Wasanaeth Gwaed Cymru a Gwasanaethau Owens Road.

Mae’r Trefnwyr ar noddwyr yn cyfuno y tu allan i Neuadd y Dref, Llanelli ar ddydd Gwener 25 Hydref i dynnu lluniau ochr yn ochr â'r faner Carnifal Nadolig newydd a gynlluniwyd, a fydd yn cael ei godi y tu allan i Ty'r Nant ar ddechrau mis Tachwedd.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Meryl Gravell OBE, aelod o'r Bwrdd Gweithredol ar gyfer Cyngor Sir Caerfyrddin: "Mae'r disgwyliad o amgylch y carnifal eleni yn enfawr, bu diddordeb mawr ac mae'n wych i glywed y bydd y carnifal eleni y mwyaf ers 30 mlynedd. Hoffwn gymryd y cyfle i estyn fy niolch i'r trefnydd a noddwyr .

Aeth hi ymlaen i ychwanegu “heb gefnogaeth y noddwyr fel y Gwasanaeth Gwaed Cymru , ni fyddai Carnifal Nadolig Llanelli yn gallu datblygu yn barhaus flwyddyn ar ôl blwyddyn, gan ragori ar ddisgwyliadau'r cyhoedd a diffinio sefyllfa Llanelli fel creawdwr a llu o y Carnifal Nadolig mwyaf yng Nghymru"