YOUNGSTERS looking up in wonderment on Christmas Eve might just be able to catch a glimpse of what they think is Santa and his reindeer tonight.
The shining light speeding across the night sky will be rather more technological than the average child bargained for however.
It most certainly won't be a team of magic reindeer or the Big Man delivering his presents to the children of Oxfordshire.
The bright light will in fact be the International Space Station, which is due to pass over the UK between this evening on December 24. For Oxfordshire it is forecast the ISS will be visible for four minutes from 5.22pm and for one minute at 6.58pm.
With youngsters likely to be on the lookout for Santa, parents might just choose to point up into the night sky and let them draw their own conclusions.
According to NASA, if the sky is clear, the ISS will be visible over the Amman Valley at 5.24pm for four minutes and again at 6.59 for another minute.
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