--- title: "Santa Fun Run & Santa Paws | 06 December | Edinburgh's Christmas | Edinburgh's Christmas - Official Website" meta: "og:description": "Join Santas, Elves, Olafs and other festive creatures to run, jog or walk through the Gardens raising money for When You Wish Upon a Star, and bring your furry friends down for Santa Paws" "og:title": "Santa Fun Run & Santa Paws | 06 December | Edinburgh's Christmas" "twitter:description": "Join Santas, Elves, Olafs and other festive creatures to run, jog or walk through the Gardens raising money for When You Wish Upon a Star, and bring your furry friends down for Santa Paws" "twitter:title": "Santa Fun Run & Santa Paws | 06 December | Edinburgh's Christmas" description: "Join Santas, Elves, Olafs and other festive creatures to run, jog or walk through the Gardens raising money for When You Wish Upon a Star, and bring your furry friends down for Santa Paws" --- ##### 06 Dec 2026 - 09:30 - 14:00 # Santa Fun Run & Santa Paws [Book now](#book) Edinburgh’s Christmas is delighted to welcome **_When You Wish Upon a Star's_** beloved Santa Fun Run & Walk, celebrating 22 years this winter. Santas, Elves, Olafs and other festive creatures will run,jog or walk around the 2.5km circuit in West Princes Street Gardens to fundraise money for a very deserving cause. **[When You Wish Upon a Star](https://www.whenyouwishuponastar.org.uk/)** is a Scottish charity that makes the dreams of children with life-threatening diseases come true. Those who would like to take part, can register and purchase tickets **[here](https://whenyouwishuponastar.enthuse.com/cf/edinburgh-fun-run-2026).** If you're worried about your furry friends feeling left behind, worry no more: _**Santa Paws**_ is here! A Santa Run but for animals, Santa Paws sees our canine friends throw on their best festive outfits and make a run for it. With photo opportunities, activities throughout the afternoon and a dog show of best dressed pups on the Bandstand stage, West Princes Street Gardens is paw-sitively the place to be this festive season! Bring down your pooch for games,prizes and photoops! ![](https://edwinterfest.pazaz.studio/assets/e612e4a5-d9f8-4e39-a725-0f889cc962eb?width=1400&height=800&format=webp) ![](https://edwinterfest.pazaz.studio/assets/10d46b40-3ba0-46cd-88f2-8a223fe3c8b9?width=1400&height=800&format=webp) ![](https://edwinterfest.pazaz.studio/assets/b3bb6045-fde4-427b-8ec9-b87b2ec109d3?width=1400&height=800&format=webp) ![](https://edwinterfest.pazaz.studio/assets/b95901dd-503f-4d9c-b596-134f1243e31e?width=1400&height=800&format=webp) ![](https://edwinterfest.pazaz.studio/assets/11a58879-0803-4082-a05a-d2571b162b1f?width=1400&height=800&format=webp) ##### Date and Time 06 Dec 2026 - 09:30 - 14:00 ##### Location Ross Bandstand, West Princes Street Gardens [Sign up](https://whenyouwishuponastar.enthuse.com/cf/edinburgh-fun-run-2026) ## Events we think you'd like [ [
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