Santa is set to put in an early appearance tomorrow as he and his reindeer sleigh their way through three Western Bay of Plenty towns, spreading Christmas cheer and goodwill to all.

Te Puke, Tauranga and Katikati will all get a glimpse of the man himself on Saturday, with each destination hosting annual Christmas parades down their main streets.

Santa and Mrs Claus make their way down Devonport Road in Tauranga last year. Photo: File.

Te Puke's parade starts at 11am through Jellicoe Street, before Santa speeds his sleigh full throttle to downtown Tauranga for the Trustpower Christmas Parade, starting at 11am.

This parade travels down Devonport Road from Second Avenue to Harrington Street, with various road closures in place.

Children's rides, face-painting and a sausage sizzle take place on The Waterfront from 10.30am-3pm.

Then it will be Katikati's turn to see Santa at 3pm. Hosted by the Katikati Lions Club, this year's parade theme is ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas'.

The Parade travels from Earl Drive down Main Street before looping back up to Fairview Road to Moore Park for Santa in the park children's activities and a Christmas variety concert.

The concert will see Katikati Folk Club perform, as will young local musicians Louie Campbell and Andrew Hannigan, formerly of Zuhana, who now call themselves LA.

And Santa will be at Moore Park at about 5.45pm with a lolly scramble and good cheer.

Katikati Lions will run their traditional quickfire raffles, the town's night owls will have a fundraiser and Katikati Rugby and Sports Club will sell refreshments including their popular hot chips.

This year the town is going 'all out” for the holiday season with a brand new Christmas tree towering beside the war memorial hall and sculpture Barry pushing his own sleigh beside the library.

Katch Katikati promotions manager Jacqui Knight is responsible for the new tree after securing $15,000 of TECT funding last year.

'We're going all out this year – we've even got the Christmas flags up in town,” says Jacqui.