You can rock around the Christmas tree at the Whittlesea Community Christmas Tree Extravaganza this month.
Hosted by the Whittlesea Agricultural Society, the two-week Christmas wonderland has been put together for people of all ages.
Society president Ercia Hawke said this year the extravaganza would be bigger than ever.
“This is the third year we’re doing it,” she said. “After COVID we thought it was a good way of bringing the community together.
“It gets bigger and better every year. Community groups, businesses and individuals enter decorated Christmas trees and people come in and have a look and vote for their favourite tree.”
Ms Hawke said they were expecting more than 50 trees on display this year with the room filling up quickly.
There will be two winners this year, a business winner and a community winner.
Ms Hawke said when they started the extravaganza they wanted to bring something different to the Whittlesea community.
“It’s very different to what had been about,” she said. “It’s a beautiful Christmas wonderland.
“People can come in and look at the trees, there’s fairy lights and Santa photos. It runs for two weeks, it’s a fairly large event.”
The extravaganza starts on December 9 and runs to December 23 at the Administration building, McPhees Road, Whittlesea.
It’s open between noon-9pm with a gold coin donation for entry.
It’s a big month for the society which helps put together the Whittlesea Christmas Festival on December 16.
The festival includes more than 50 market stalls, carols and Santa, with more than 3500 people normally attending the event at the Whittlesea Showgrounds.
Extravaganza details: https://ow.ly/sQax50QcIiH
