Coca-Cola Christmas truck to embark on sad tour of regional car parks

Coke's Christmas truck, which announced that 'holidays are coming' for so many of us before we grew up and became cynical about advertising, is usually depicted on a snow-flecked road that winds its way through tall fir trees.

Between 28 November and 23 December however it will visit such festive sites as Asda Milton Keynes and Back Lane Car Park, Newton.

The violently red truck will park up and blast Christmas tracks across England and Wales, also stopping in at a factory outlet in Clacton and an Intu shopping centre in Norwich.

You can catch a glimpse of it, if just to watch people stoically walk past and complain about Christmas in November, at the following places:

Nov 28 - 12:00-20:00 - The Plainstones, Elgin

Nov 28 - 13:00-20:00 - Trafford Centre, Manchester

Nov 29 - 12:00-20:00 - King Edward Street, Perth

Nov 29 - 12:00-20:00 - Flag Market, Preston

Nov 30 - 13:00-21:00 - Asda Eastlands, Manchester

Nov 30 - 10:00-18:00 - Burns Statue Square, Ayr

Dec 1 - 12:00-20:00 - St Enoch Square, Glasgow

Dec 1 - 12:00-20:00 - Peace Gardens, Sheffield

Dec 3 - 12:00-20:00 - Church Street, Liverpool

Dec 3 - 12:00-20:00 - Devonshire Street, Penrith

Dec 4 - 12:00-20:00 - Y Maes (Castle Square), Caenarfon

Dec 4 - 12:00-20:00 - Festival Market, Morecambe

Dec 5 - 12:00-20:00 - Centre Square, Middlesbrough

Dec 5 - 12:00-20:00 - Queens Square, Wrexham

Dec 6 - 12:00-20:00 - Asda Gateshead, Gateshead

Dec 6 - 12:00-20:00 - Back Lane Car Park, Newton

Dec 7 - 10:00-18:00 - The Brunswick Centre, Scarbrough

Dec 7 - 11:00-19:00 - Princess Way, Swansea

Dec 8 - 12:00-20:00 - Queen Victoria Square, Hull

Dec 9 - 13:00-21:00 - St David’s Shopping Centre, Cardiff

Dec 10 - 12:00-20:00 - Asda Bristol Patchway, Bristol

Dec 10 - 12:00-20:00 - St Marks Shopping Centre, Lincoln

Dec 11 - 13:00-21:00 - Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham

Dec 11 - 13:00-21:00 - Frederick Ward Way, Grimsby

Dec 12 - 13:00-21:00 - King’s Square, Gloucester

Dec 12 - 13:00-21:00 - Victoria Gardens, Leeds

Dec 13 - 12:00-20:00 - St George’s Square, Huddersfield

Dec 13 - 12:00-20:00 - Wharf Green, Swindon

Dec 14 - 11:00-19:00 - Clarks Village, Glastonbury

Dec 14 - 12:00-20:00 - Cathedral Green, Derby

Dec 15 - 12:00-20:00 - Asda Coventry, Coventry

Dec 15 - 12:00-20:00 - Harbour Car Park, Looe

Dec 17 - 12:00-20:00 - St Giles’ Square, Northampton

Dec 17 - 12:00-20:00 - 27 Union Street, Torquay

Dec 18 - 12:00-20:00 - Asda Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes

Dec 18 - 12:00-20:00 - Seldown Car Park, Pool

Dec 19 - 13:00-21:00 - Asda Havant, Havant

Dec 19 - 13:00-21:00 - St George's Square - Luton

Dec 20 - 12:00-20:00 - Potters Fields Park - London

Dec 20 - 13:00-21:00 - Market Place Shopping Centre - Burgess Hill

Dec 21 - 10:00-18:00 - Intu Chapelfield - Norwich

Dec 21 - 11:00-19:00 - Westwood Cross - Thanet

Dec 22 - 10:00-18:00 - Clacton Factory Outlet - Clacton-on-Sea

Dec 22 - 12:00-20:00 - Bishops Square - London

Dec 23 - 12:00-20:00 - London Designer Outlet - London

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