It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in Port Stephens.
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Lights have gone up in the Norfolk Island pine trees at the old Rectory in Raymond Terrace and Apex Park, Nelson Bay signalling the start to the annual Christmas festivities.
The first of the annual community Christmas events will be held in Raymond Terrace and Medowie on Friday night.
Carols will be held at St John’s Anglican Church and Ferodale Sports Complex from 6.30pm.
The Karuah Progress Association’s carols in Longworth Park will be held on December 7. Entry costs $2 per adult. Children are free.
Tilligerry RSL Sports Club has a strong line-up of performers for its annual outdoor Christmas event – Carols on the Green.
Australian country music star Gina Jeffreys will headline the December 9 show.
Other acts include Daniel Thompson, Tommy Contor and Max Jackson.
Lyn Bowtell and Karen O’Shea, well-known performers in Port Stephens, will host the evening.
There will also be performances from Port community groups, a visit by Santa and fireworks at 9pm. Entry costs $2 per person.
Seaham’s annual community Christmas carols will be held in Seaham Park on December 9.
The following day, on December 10, there will be carols at Raymond Terrace Baptist Church.
Carols by the Bay, the community event organised by the combined churches of the Tomaree Peninsula, will also be held on December 10.
The annual event held at Fly Point will include community group performances, carols and fireworks at 9pm. Entry is free.
Terrace Central will host a Christmas extravaganza in the shopping centre at Raymond Terrace between December 18 and 24. Each day between 9am and noon children can meet Santa and Mrs Claus.
The community festivities will wrap up with Gateway Family Church’s Carols Under the Stars in Anna Bay on December 19.
There will be entertainment and activities for children available from 5.30pm. At 7pm members of the church will act out the story of the first Christmas.
Events
- December 1: Carols by Candelight, St John’s Anglican Church Raymond Terrace, 6.30pm; Medowie Carols, Ferodale Sports Complex, 6.30pm
- December 7: Carols in the Park, Longworth Park, Karuah, 6.30pm
- December 9: Carols on the Green, Tilligerry RSL Sports Club, 4pm; Seaham Community Carols, Seaham Park, 5.30pm
- December 10: Carols Raymond Terrace Baptist Church, 4.30pm; Carols by the Bay, Nelson Bay, 5.30pm
- December 18-24: Terrace Central Christmas Extravaganza, Raymond Terrace, 9am
- December 19: Carols Under the Stars, Gateway Presbyterian Church, Anna Bay, 5.30pm