Festive Line Up Coming To The CBD This Holiday Season – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Gisborne’s central business district (CBD) is the focus
of a huge line-up of fun Christmas activities this
year.

A Kiwiana Christmas workshop at the HB Williams
Memorial Library will be Christmas central for everyone in
town.

There’ll be visits from Santa, music, a photo
booth, workshops for children, and a present-wrapping HQ at
the library throughout the month of
December.

There’s also a new party in town with
The Christmas Street Festival being held at the Grey
Street Skate Park on Sunday 10 December from 12noon to
6pm.

That event is being organised by the Tairāwhiti
Adventure Trust (TAT).

In the line-up for Sunday’s
event are food trucks, craft stalls, and a parade float
stall where the winner will be decided by public vote. This
year’s theme is Beach Days.

Santa will be there from
2pm and if you have a Christmas-patterned jersey, dust it
off because there’ll be a worst-Christmas-jersey
competition.

There’ll be heaps for tamariki with a
twinkle light tunnel, face painting, games, carols, and a
fashion parade along a candy cane runway.

“We’re
excited to move the annual celebration of Christmas to a
different platform this year,“ says Gisborne District
Council Chief Executive Nedine Thatcher Swann.

“All
the key components of our traditional Christmas parade will
be there including floats and Santa with heaps of extras for
a festive…