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A caring family who celebrate Christmas in style to support a hospital’s children’s ward have made their “biggest and best donation yet”.

The Molyneux family put on a spectacular display at their home in Shevington each year, decorating it with thousands of lights and attracting visitors from far and wide.

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For Christmas 2021, there were around 35,000 lights, a giant bear, 12 Christmas trees and a nativity scene outside their home on Shevington Lane.

Theo, Alfie and Ethan Molyneux with staff on Rainbow ward

Usually the decorations are put on the roof of the house, but this time they erected scaffolding and draped the lights over it, inspired by festive displays on shops on London’s Oxford Street.

Gill and Paul Molyneux ask people who have enjoyed the display to make a donation for the Rainbow ward at Wigan Infirmary.

The fund-raiser, which has been held for eight years, is t

New equipment for Wigan children's ward thanks to family's festive fund-raiser