What an extravaganza!
Published: 12:05, 13 December 2014
| Updated: 12:26, 21 January 2015
Steam engines lined the streets and children enjoyed a fun fair and grand parade including giant reindeer on stilts.
Mince pies and mulled wine added to the gaiety, while town councillors and shopkeepers donned their best Victorian outfits.
Neighbourhood officer Pc Claire Drewitt and her team got into the spirit of things with period police costume.
The whole evening was topped off with fireworks.
We've got lots of pictures and more coverage in next week's Newbury Weekly News, so pick up a copy and see if we snapped you.