Spectacular Strathspey!
Published: 13:30, 27 December 2015
| Updated: 13:35, 27 December 2015
A spectacular fireworks display at Aviemore launched the Strathspey and Badenoch Christmas festivities.
Hundreds turned out in the village on Christmas Eve just as the snow began to fall, right on cue.
Aviemore Business Association's final float parade, with joyous festive pop music ringing out all the way, set the scene for a great Christmas in the strath, with Grantown and Kingussie also staging hugely popular events to celebrate the beginning of the season.
The “Strathy” will be capturing some of the magic in photos this week – the paper coming out a day earlier than usual, on Wednesday (December 30).