LUDLOW’S shops and other businesses have pulled out all of the stops to make Christmas as successful as possible. Shops throughout the town went the extra mile to look festive in what has been a very unfestive year. The town has been making the best of a bad situation with shops, the Chamber of Commerce, Ludlow Town Council and Shropshire Council all making a contribution. Unable to hold its traditional Medieval Fayre and Christmas lights switch on at the end of November, a virtual event was staged that attracted viewers from all over the world. There has also been an online market for the past month.