Well folks it’s the last weekend before Christmas and if you are all shopped, wrapped and ready to roll Manchester has plenty to keep you entertained until the big guy shows up next week. Here’s our top 3 ideas for what to get up to this weekend plus some bonus suggestions from our social media pals.

• Not feeling very festive yet? A surefire way to fix that is a trip to the pantomime, so head to Manchester Opera House to see the rags to riches tale of Dick Whittington. Packed with slapstick humour, it features stars of stage and screen including Britain’s Got Talent favourites Ashleigh and Pudsey, West End and television star Jodie Prenger and Ben Faulks (Mr Bloom) from CBeebies.

• From tomorrow until Monday Greengate Square – Salford’s newest public space – hosts the Greengate Christmas Family Market. Close to Manchester city centre and the beautiful…