Five-hour kiss-athon at Tenbury Mistletoe Festival
A town dubbed Britain's mistletoe capital will welcome the festive season in a fitting manner – with kissing.
A five-hour mistletoe kiss-athon at tomorrow's annual Tenbury Mistletoe Festival will be a world-record attempt for the most kisses under a single ball of mistletoe.
Organisers have promised "an artistic mix of professional, nationally-acclaimed storytellers, poets, musicians, visual artists and street entertainers", along with festive markets.
The festival was first staged in 2004, but Tenbury Wells has been known for its mistletoe for many years.
Buyers from all over the country and abroad descend on the town each year for the annual auctions, with the first sale having taken place this week.
The fun will start tomorrow at 11am when the festival's Mistletoe Queen and Holly Prince will arrive in a classic 1916 Dodge open tourer, and start off the kiss-athon.
A dedicated mistletoe ball will be hung in the front area of Temeside House, Teme Street, and to achieve the world record a kiss needs to be recorded under it every 40 seconds from 11am to 4pm.
At The Regal there will be seasonal storytelling, poetry and music and a talent spotlight with auditions for next year's Tenbury Music Festival. There will be activity zones at Tenbury Library and Tenbury Swimming Pool.
The Santa Parade will take place from 4.30pm, Watch out for road closures.
