The Santa Bus will return to spread Christmas cheer to Winnipeg this December.

Get ready for Winnipeg Transit bus #142 to roll into your community this holiday season.

Since 1985, the Santa Bus has been on the road for the holidays. The bus collects cash fares and donations to go directly to the Christmas Cheer Board, a charitable organization that provides Christmas hampers to Winnipeggers in need.

This year's bus will feature "larger-than-life" graphics of Santa and his reindeer.

To find out where the bus will be at any time, text 287898 on your mobile device, enter Bus 142, and press send. You will receive a message back showing the current route of the Santa Bus and the time of its next arrival.

The Santa Bus will be on the road from Sunday, December 1 to Tuesday, December 24, 2019.