	{"id":123520,"date":"2025-11-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=123520"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T03:09:46","slug":"get-into-the-christmas-spirit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/get-into-the-christmas-spirit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Get into the Christmas spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IT&#8217;S no secret Highton sleighs Christmas, and Yule love what&#8217;s planned for this year&#8217;s festivities.<\/p>\n<p>The fun begins at Highton Village on December 5 with a Friday evening full of festive cheer.<\/p>\n<p>The Highton Village Christmas Festival kicks off at 5pm featuring free fairy floss, popcorn and facepainting, buskers and musicians, and a sausage sizzle by What&#8217;s for Dinner? and local Rotarians.<\/p>\n<p>The festival, now in its second year, also includes a free raffle and Christmas school poster competition, with prizes donated by the Highton Village traders, along with visits from Highton Fire Brigade and, of course, Santa.<\/p>\n<p>And the jolly man in red is set for a very busy December in Highton with three fun family-friendly events coming up.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas on the Hill runs from 4pm to 7pm on Saturday, December 6 at South Valley Baptist Church with pony rides, a petting farm, a free BBQ and the church&#8217;s choir leading the carols.<\/p>\n<p>Just down the road the very next day, the carols will commence again at Highton&#8217;s OneHope Baptist Church.<\/p>\n<p>OneHope Carols &#8211; Barrabool Hills is a free outdoor community event with food and coffee vans, kids&#8217; activities, face painting and live music from the OneHope carols band.<\/p>\n<p>This event is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/christmas-in-geelong-launch-date-revealed\/\">Christmas in Geelong<\/a> program and runs from 5.30pm to 8.30pm on Sunday 7 December.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks later on Sunday, December 21, Carols in the Park returns to Highton Reserve featuring beloved local kids band the Mik Maks, Geelong Youth Choir, soulful singer-songwriter Gabby Steel and St John&#8217;s Highton&#8217;s Meta4 church band.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to see this event again become a yearly fixture on Highton&#8217;s Christmas calendar after returning last year following a brief hiatus during the covid pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>As your Barrabool Hills Ward Councillor, I&#8217;m thrilled to see such an impressive line-up of Christmas events in Highton and I&#8217;m proud that Council is supporting all of these.<\/p>\n<p>But the local festivities are just a part of a massive, jam-packed Christmas program this year that will have Geelong ready to jingle all the way!<\/p>\n<p>Celebrations begin with two beloved traditions \u2013 Denis Walter&#8217;s Carols by the Bay and the lighting of the Floating Christmas Tree at Steampacket Gardens next Saturday, November 22.<\/p>\n<p>The Floating Christmas Tree will continue to light up Corio Bay with a six-minute show every 15 minutes between 8.30pm and midnight until January 7.<\/p>\n<p>New to the program this year is the Christmas Performance Trail, featuring choirs, musicians, dancers and street performers popping up in three locations from November 28 to December 14.<\/p>\n<p>The CBD will also come alive with projections, window displays and family activities throughout the festive period.<\/p>\n<p>And for those who want to join in a Christmas singalong in their own backyard, we have local carols happening all across Geelong too.<\/p>\n<p>So get into the spirit, join in the festivities and discover why Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year in Geelong.<\/p>\n<p>Plan for the festive season at <a href=\"http:\/\/geelongaustralia.com.au\/christmas\">geelongaustralia.com.au\/christmas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cr Ron Nelson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Barrabool Hills Ward, City of Greater Geelong<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT&#8217;S no secret Highton sleighs Christmas, and Yule love what&#8217;s planned for this year&#8217;s festivities. 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