- Partygoers donned Santa hats, elf costumes and festive jumpers as they took to the streets across the UK
- Mad Friday is traditionally held on the last Friday before Christmas Day though some cities held it last night
- It comes as authorities have warned revellers to stay safe over the Christmas Party season
Festive revellers were out in full force last night as the Christmas party season hit its peak.
Partygoers wearing Santa hats, elf costumes and polar bear jumpers were pictured blowing off steam across the country to celebrate ‘Mad Friday’.
While others were seen rowing with bouncers and squaring up to each other outside as intoxicated tempers clashed.
Across the North clubbers braved freezing temperatures as they made their way between venues.
Mad Friday is traditionally held on the last Friday before Christmas Day although many UK cities, including Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle, feared that next Friday is too close to December 25 meaning people may be away on holidays. Many clubs and bars therefore decided to celebrate the event last night instead.
The pictures come after authorities issued warnings to people travelling during drunken nights out during the festive season.
Accidents involving drunken passengers spike during the Christmas period in Britain as more people misuse level crossings and suffer trips and slips on platforms, stairs and escalators.
Around one in six of the 7,419 drink-related incidents on Britain’s railways in 2016/17 took place between November 24 and January 2.
Revellers and drinkers wearing festive jumpers and tinsel enjoy a night out on Newcastle’s famous Bigg Market
Clubbers brave freezing temperatures as they wait for taxis on the streets of Manchester last night
Two topless men stand next to a taxi as the night reaches its peak in Leeds City Centre
A group of women take on the cold in Newcastle as they move between venues on the biggest night of the year for office parties
A man argues with bouncers outside a bar in Leeds city centre yesterday
Two partygoers throw their full weight into the spirit of Mad Friday by donning amusing festive outfits in Newcastle
One man was pictured urinating against a shop in Leeds full view of the street behind him in full view of fellow revellers
Revellers were out in full force last night as the Christmas party season hit its peak. Pictured: Partygoers queue outside a club
Partygoers wearing Santa hats, elf costumes and festive jumpers were pictured blowing off steam on the streets of Leeds
A woman gets a piggyback from a helpful elf in the centre of Leeds, left, and right, ‘Santa’ appears to ride Rudolph in a very bizarre costume in Newcastle
A man lifts and carries a woman at Deansgate Locks in Manchester as partygoers fully embraced Mad Friday
A woman wearing a festive headband and her friend, wearing a Christmas jumper, share a joke while sitting on the pavement in Newcastle
A group of men appear to square up to each other in the centre of Leeds as intoxicated tempers flare
Clubbers dressed in elf and Santa costumes queue outside a bar in Newcastle’s Bigg Market
A club promoter dressed in drag hands out flyers on Manchester’s Sackville Street
Mad Friday traditionally falls on the last Friday of Christmas but this year was celebrated on December 15. Pictured: Clubbers in Newcastle
A group of young men lift up their friend by the legs as the Christmas party season reaches its peak