EVERY Christmas it brings families together and is one of the highlights of the festive television schedule.

Now The Snowman is coming to the stage in Southampton, with the Daily Echo offering six lucky readers the chance to win a set of four tickets.

It is the latest giveaway in the Daily Echo’s Win Christmas competition to help fight off those January blues.

The classic story, loved by children everywhere, comes to The Mayflower between January 21 and 25, and the Daily Echo is giving away tickets for Tuesday, January 21 at 7pm.

It follows the tale of a young boy whose snowman comes to life on Christmas Eve and takes him on a magical adventure, meeting dancing penguins, reindeer and even Father Christmas himself. But can they escape the evil Jack Frost and get home in time for morning?

The show, which has been touring live for 20 years, is based on Raymond Briggs’ book and, of course, features signature song Walking in the Air.

The Daily Echo has been offering readers the chance to win a festive treat every day as we count down to Christmas.

Echo readers have already won ten bottles of perfume, books courtesy of Costa, 99p Stores vouchers worth £200, an iPad Air, One4all gift cards worth £500, £100 worth of Marks & Spencer vouchers, tickets to Beaulieu’s Victorian Christmas celebrations, the Mayflower’s Christmas pantomime Robinson Crusoe and the Caribbean Pirates, five £100 shopping sprees at Poundstretcher and ten cases of beer thanks to Ringwood Brewery.

If you miss out on winning tickets to The Snowman you can still buy them by calling 023 8071 1811 or visiting mayflower.org.uk.

For your chance to win simply answer the question below, then enter by one of the following ways:

Q: The Snowman is based on a book by which children’s author?

BY PHONE: 0901 151 0228 Calls cost 51p from a BT landline, calls from mobiles and other networks may cost more.

BY TEXT: Text the keyword MAYFLOWER followed by a space, then your answer, name, postcode and first line of your home address and send to 80360.

Text messages cost 50p plus your mobile operator’s standard text charge.

BY POST: Send answers on a postcard together with your name, address, daytime telephone number and email address to: Win Christmas The Snowman Competition, Southern Daily Echo, PO Box 543, Southampton, SO16 9ZQ.

Entries must be received by midnight on Wednesday, January 1. Postal entries strictly limited to one per household.

Normal Echo rules apply, for a complete set of rules visit dailyecho.co.uk and click on “Promotions & Competitions”.

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