Mount Mainstreet is about to get festive, and Mount Mainstreet manager Ingrid Fleming wants everyone to know.

Head over to Mount Mainstreet on Thursday, December 22, for an evening of late-night shopping, food, activities and cruise ships.

'On the Thursday night we have late-night shopping, we'll be staying open until 9pm, and it just so happens that we have three cruise ships in.

'It'll be a really awesome night for locals to come on in and do some shopping and they may choose to have some dinner, and then watch the boats sail out,” says Ingrid.

'It's quite a special night here in the Mount. We're going to have some carol singing, a fire dancing performance at dusk, and more.”

Then on December 23 and 24 you can meet the red man himself on Mount Mainstreet between 11am-2.30pm both days. Santa will be sitting in his big purple chair waiting to hear Christmas wishlists.

'He's the real deal, he's the real Santa,” says Ingrid.

'Parents can take a photo of their child with Santa, they just need to take it on their phone.”

There's no charge to get a photo with Santa in the Mount.

For more information, visit: www.mountmaunganui.co.nz