Watch: 'We spend a full day sorting out the decorations' - Walsall pub labelled 'most Christmassy' by customers
A Walsall boozer has been branded the 'most Christmassy' in the West Midlands after a festive makeover to raise money for charity.
The Red Lion, in Walsall, opened its doors to customers this week with a fresh new look after staff tirelessly decorated the beer den last weekend, Sunday, December 15, in an effort to raise money for Bless 2 Bless Community Project - which aims to help feed the homeless and those struggling financially, providing a free lunch every Saturday.
The pub's owner, Matthew Harper, said he does the special event every year and puts on a new theme, with this year's being Santa's Grotto, which will be placed upstairs and includes Breakfast with Santa this Sunday, December 22.
Matthew, said: "We like Christmas quite a lot here and spend a lot of time on our decorations, this year we're working with the Bless 2 Bless Community project, raising money for the local food bank.
"We spent a whole day getting the pub ready, it's a family event and we have all the staff come in so we can get it ready for the week leading up to the big day.
"We've had some really good comments, everyone is really pleased and we get a lot of people coming in to have a look around and have a drink.
"We think it's the most Christmassy in Walsall."
Each year the pub has a special theme which the team target to create something unique for visitors, and this year will have a special guest to greet the children on Sunday, December 22.
Matthew, said: "We always add something different, this year we have Santa's Grotto upstairs and will have Breakfast with Santa this Sunday where the little-ones can meet him."
The only thing Matthew is not looking forward to is the clean-up job, but he wont let that trouble him just yet.
He said: "That's after Christmas so let's not think about that yet!"
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