Thousands Visit Coca-Cola Christmas Truck In Wrexham

Crowds gathered in Wrexham Town Centre today to catch a glimpse at the famous Coca-Cola Christmas Truck.

The festive Coca-Cola Truck rolled up in town at midday, with steady crowds visiting throughout the afternoon to have their photo taken with the truck and listen to festive carols.

Throughout the evening Queens Square got busier, with lots of parents and children enjoying the event. When we popped back to the event at 6pm there were large queues for the ‘sample’ cans of Coca Cola and even longer queues for photographs with the truck – with people queuing from the Queens Square Christmas Tree and towards Lord Street.

Unlike the infamous Coca-Cola Truck visit to Broughton last year, traffic in and around the town centre was relatively steady throughout the day – with no reports of traffic ‘chaos’, although a few cheeky visitors trying to park on and near Queens Square were moved on.

Generally the response to the event seems to be positive, with many getting in touch with Wrexham.com with their photos from the event. Some shops in the town centre also stayed open a little bit later, with a fair few shoppers sticking around to do some late night shopping. Below are just a few of the photos that we have been tweeted throughout the day.

@wrexham holidays are coming coke a cola wagon fantastic pic.twitter.com/KyHGxyOWO6

— kirsty stewart (@kirstystew88) December 5, 2014

Quite a few people braving the cold. There was even a bride getting her picture taken. @wrexham #holidaysarecoming pic.twitter.com/yOMnDaImma

— Ellen Parzer (@EllenParzer) December 5, 2014

Marketing for @CocaCola has got a little bit out of control methinks. @wrexham pic.twitter.com/BKP5lj2sek

— ★★ Ady Colclough ★★ (@Adycolclough) December 5, 2014

Coca Cola Lorry hits @Wrexham but not literally… pic.twitter.com/2K2E9NMDf3

— Ian Lucas (@IanCLucas) December 5, 2014

Lots of people in town for the Christmas Coca-Cola truck! #shameabouttheweather pic.twitter.com/KDfZzq8aHy

— PCSO Lewis Davies (@NWPLewisDavies) December 5, 2014

@wrexham might as well beat the ques pic.twitter.com/8TwocbRxMv

— Simon Roberts (@simonjroberts) December 5, 2014

Some were less impressed with the event, with some questioning why the truck was in town and what it has to do with Christmas. This debate is also ongoing on our Wrexham.com Forums, where the health benefits of the drink is questioned.

@nettietwoshoes @wrexham Bah, commercialised jingle balls

— Paul Williams (@Williams_Wales) December 5, 2014

@wrexham Ridiculous, people waiting to see a bloody lorry! And in a separate queue to the van just to get a mini sized can of coke for free.

— Paul Williams (@Williams_Wales) December 5, 2014

Others just took a more humorous approach to the arrival of the big red truck…

@NWPolice @NWPWWilliams @wrexham Large lorry load of Coke in Queens Square Wrexham!

— diggerarm (@digger_evs) December 5, 2014

@wrexham Beat the queues get up to Coedpoeth. I’ve put some pound shop lights on me car and put Rola Cola down the side. Photos £5 a pop.

— Chris Jones (@1_Mr_Chris) December 5, 2014

@wrexham #popocalypse

— Paul Bullock (@dogsgoboom) December 5, 2014

@wrexham sod standing in the cold for a small can of coke stood by my own van gave myself a full can of red bull pic.twitter.com/1oVa3xnq1S

— Simon hall (@secondhand_shed) December 5, 2014

Pictured at the top is the Mayor Cllr Alan Edwards and Cllr Mark Pritchard the Leader of Wrexham Council by the coke van. The cans given out are miniatures, they are not giants.

The Mayor did say there are other products available…!