Looking back to Bettws Winter Lantern Parade when hundreds took to the streets This year has seen many of the traditional Christmas events we ve loved over the years to be cancelled, so we decided to take a look back in archives to bring you some festive cheer. Here s a story we found from 2013 about the Bettws Winter Lantern Parade, which we ve teamed with pictures from 2013 and 2014 - were you there? MORE than 300 children celebrated Christmas by taking part in a procession through Bettws in December 2013. As part of the Bettws Winter Lantern Parade organised by Newport City Homes, children used lanterns they had made at school.