A Preview of
St Hildeburgh's annual
Christmas Tree Festival
Friday 2 December
Saturday 3 December
Sunday 4 December
Saturday 3 December
Sunday 4 December
2016
St Hildeburgh's annual Christmas Tree Festival started with just eight entries six years ago
but has now grown to an outstanding display of nearly fifty fabulously decorated exhibits
this Yuletide.
This
year’s three-day event at St Hildeburgh's Church, Hoylake, will be launched on
Friday, 2 December 2016, at 6.30pm with a spectacular lighting-up. As the switch is
thrown – by the child who wins a design competition at our church school of Hoylake Holy Trinity
Primary – the trees will burst into brilliance in quick succession round
the church.
Then
the festival will begin with Christmas music led by renowned Wirral guitar and
vocals group 'Brian Lupton and Friends' while the crowds admire the trees. To add
to the seasonal flavour, the festival café will serve wine, soft drinks and
mince pies.
Our vicar, Rev Paul Rossiter, comments:
“We are really
delighted at the way the festival has mushroomed. It started in 2010 with just
eight trees decorated by church groups. Now it has expanded to become a
calendar fixture for many Wirral families.
“It is a tribute to our organizers, who
work amazingly hard for months ahead as well as over the weekend, and to
support from the community – both those who enter trees and all the people who
come to admire them and enjoy our beautiful church. The cost of admission is
frozen for the sixth year running at £2.50 for adults and free to accompanied
children. And the proceeds go to good causes.”
Over
Saturday and Sunday, 3 - 4 December 2016, there will be exciting children’s
activities, from face-painting to cake-decorating; a bustling Christmas market
selling festive gifts, decorations and more. Santa Claus will be handing out
presents and good wishes from 11.00am to 1.00pm on Saturday and 2.30 to 4.00pm on Sunday.
There
will live entertainment – music, singing and dancing – throughout the event.
Warming soup and other tasty refreshments will be served in the café.
A
traditional candlelit Christingle Service, at 4.00pm on Sunday, 4 December 2016, will
be followed by a last chance to admire the trees until 6.00pm.
Festival
proceeds will be shared between St Hildeburgh’s and a number of charities.
A full programme
of all the
events and entertainers
at the
Christmas Tree Festival
will be posted online shorty
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