MERRY Christmas, or should that be Kissmas?

The festive season is going to be BIG in Weymouth, with new additions including a Kissmass Selfie Arch, an Après-Skate Cabin and the town's very own Snapchat Geofilter.

Put on your hats and mittens and head to the town centre this Saturday for Weymouth BID's BIG Christmas Lighting-up Ceremony.

Entertainment starts at 2pm and continues until 8.30pm, including ice skating displays, Santa's parade and snippets from this year's pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk.

The official light switch on will take place at 6pm by the Mayor and Weymouth and Portland Cllr Richard Kosior and the pantomime cast, which will include the additional £10,000 worth of lights won by Weymouth BID.

Visitors can also get their skates on and skate the night away on the town's expanded Real Ice Rink outside Debenhams. The ice rink will be open every day, except Christmas Day, from Friday (December 2)until January 2.

A new addition this year for visitors is the Après-Skate Cabin where visitors can relax whilst enjoying hot mulled wine and cider along with other tasty snacks and refreshments.

Another new additional for Weymouth’s BIG Christmas 2016 is access to free wifi around the ice rink as well as a BIG Kissmas Selfie Arch. Take a selfie underneath the mistletoe arch and upload it to the Weymouth’s BIG Christmas Facebook page to be in with the chance of winning an iPad Air 2.

And if that wasn't enough this year the town will also have its own Snapchat Geofilter too.

Children will also have a chance to meet Santa, who will take up residency in his grotto in Cineworld, every weekend in December and the three days leading up to Christmas day.

A nativity performance has also been arranged in the town centre on Saturday, December 17.

Weymouth’s BIG Christmas is proudly supported by Gold Sponsor Dorset Lettings and Silver Sponsors Pengillys Solicitors, Tristan G Murless Ltd Electrical Contractors and Resort Marketing.

Visitors will be able to enjoy free parking from 3pm every day in the town centre run car parks from Sunday (December 4)until Saturday, December 31.

For more information and to book rink and grotto tickets online visit weareweymouth.co.uk/Christmas