THERE could be a world record in Tenbury this weekend (Saturday, December 3).

A Kissathon will be the special attraction at this year’s annual Mistletoe Festival in the town.

The Tenbury Mistletoe Association will be attempting a Guinness World Record for the most kisses under a bunch of mistletoe in five hours.

It is just part of a full programme of activities that will culminate as night falls with the crowning of the Mistletoe Queen and the Santa Parade through the town.

“The Mistletoe Festival is the jewel in the crown for Tenbury,” said Caroline Palethorpe one of the organisers of the Festival.

“It is special because it is unique and is our own.

“While there are many other places that have food festivals and other similar events no one else has a Mistletoe Festival.

“Tenbury is the national capital of mistletoe and there is huge potential for the town to make it something that has both national and international appeal.

“We are already attracting visitors and performers from all over the country and people are coming to the festival from throughout the UK.”

She said that last year there was even a visitor who had made the journey all the way from the Isle of Skye.

Tenbury has been a centre for mistletoe for many years with buyers from all over the country and abroad coming to the town for the annual sales that take place in the final week in November and the first two weeks in December each year.

Buyers were at the Burford House Garden Store for the first of the mistletoe sales – the others are on Tuesday, December 6 and on Tuesday, December 13.

The first Mistletoe Festival in Tenbury was staged in 2004 and it has expanded in the subsequent 12 years to become a major event in the town’s calendar.