Meanwhile, on social media, some revellers have praised the event.
Bonnie Askew said: "We’ve been tonight and it was much better then we expected, from start to finish it was an hour, no scary people and Father Christmas was good. We had two very happy granddaughters.
"Don’t listen to the negative comments, tonight was definitely better then what most people have said they must have changed a few things to make it better."
However, Simon Littleboy, landlord of The Ringland Swan bar and restaurant, said 'ridiculous' traffic from the event had caused five tables to cancel on Friday night.