Hordes of Boxing Day revellers don fancy dress to pack out pubs & bars as they round off Christmas celebrations in style
HORDES of Boxing Day revellers donned fancy dress to pack out pubs and bars – rounding off Christmas celebrations in style.
Glam locals flocked to King Street in Wigan for the Lancashire town’s 44th annual Boxing Day fancy dress party.
Partygoers were seen dressed as cops, penguins, angels and superheroes.
Others wore sparkly cowboy hats of the kind familiar from Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts.
One girl posed with her friends in a Mario outfit complete with moustache, hat and dungarees.
And one lad braved the December cold while dressed as a Heinz Ketchup bottle.
The revellers were joined by happy fans returning from Wigan Athletic’s 0-1 away win against Rotherham.
Pubs, bars and nightclubs along the street were full to bursting with youngsters brushing off their Christmas hangovers.
Wigan’s Boxing Day fancy dress night has grown in popularity over the years.
A whopping 20,000 revellers have been known to join the annual celebrations.
No-one seems to know exactly why the local tradition first started back in 1980.
It comes after thousands of Brits chose Wetherspoons pints over Christmas meals – with pubs packed full of festive revellers.
Meanwhile, drinkers have been warned not to make a potentially costly mistake if they have any leftover Baileys after Christmas.