On today’s Alfred Daily: Santa arrives in Shaftesbury – on a motorbike | Words from the Bishop of Sherborne | Shaftesbury’s Syrian family celebrates Christmas | A Christmas message from Shaftesbury's mayor | Greetings from local parish council chairmen | West Melbury farmer Jon Stanley | Christmas music from Shaftesbury Town Silver Band | Delivering Christmas day meals to Shaftesbury | East Stour herbalist Julie Wood on holly | Magpies and blackbirds in Duncliffe