{"id":24286,"date":"2023-11-28T17:48:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=24286"},"modified":"2023-11-28T17:48:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:48:40","slug":"city-of-newcastle-makes-tree-mendous-start-to-festive-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/city-of-newcastle-makes-tree-mendous-start-to-festive-season\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Newcastle makes tree-mendous start to festive season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santa Claus and his elves made a flying visit to Newcastle last night to help Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes light up the city’s biggest Christmas tree in Wheeler Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual tradition of flicking the switch begins a month of festive fun in the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wheeler Place will host family-friendly activities around the towering 12.5m-tall Christmas tree between 5pm and 7pm on December 1, 2, 8 and 9, where everyone and their dog can also snap a selfie or a ‘puppy pawtrait’ with Saint Nick, supported by special community Christmas entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"LordCr Nelmes said Santa agrees it’s the perfect time of year to visit the city and your local shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“City of Newcastle (CN) provides a range of activities in the lead-up to Christmas that offer families the ideal opportunity to come to the city centre, shop locally for their presents and support our hospitality and retail outlets,\u201d Cr Nelmes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you miss the chance to see Santa in Wheeler Place, City of Newcastle is providing a free DIY photo opportunity at 161a Hunter Street, seven days a week, from December 11 right up to Christmas eve. Bring your family, friends and pets for this free DIY photo.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding extra incentive to visit the inner city, the Newcastle Business Improvement Association created a Festive Shopping Extravaganza, giving Novocastrians a chance to share in $7,500 worth of vouchers to local boutiques, cafes, bars, restaurants, pubs, entertainment venues or hair and beauty businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CN’s cultural venues will be home to holiday season productions including Messiah in the City<\/em> on December 10 at City Hall, The Nutcracker<\/em> on December 19 at the Civic Theatre and One Song Sing | How to Make Gravy<\/em> in Wheeler Place on December 21, where more than 1,200 people are expected to meet, rehearse and sing Paul Kelly’s iconic song in just one hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local libraries will hear those sleigh bells ringing when Santa makes a guest appearance at the Christmas Story Stomp<\/em> on December 5 at Newcastle Library and December 7 at Wallsend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timberlina will present Christmas Rainbow Storytime<\/em> at Newcastle Library on December 9 and Saint Nick will also make a stop at Newcastle Museum on December 6 at 11am as part of Christmas Story Explorers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wallsend will be busier than Santa’s workshop with the iconic rotunda on the corner of Nelson, Tyrrell and Harris Streets hosting the Rock\u2019n Elfy\u2019s Christmas Show<\/em> from 11am on December 9, 16 and 23, featuring singing, dancing and prizes galore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rotunda will also play host to Christmas carols every night from 6pm between December 20 and December 23, as well as the Conscious Christmas Markets<\/em> on December 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr and Mrs Claus will spend plenty of time in the Hamilton business precinct on December 15, inviting locals and business owners to take a free picture with the hard-working, happy couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about City of Newcastle’s Christmas activities visit https:\/\/whatson.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santa Claus and his elves made a flying visit to Newcastle last night to help Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes light up the city’s biggest Christmas tree in Wheeler Place. The annual tradition of flicking the switch begins a month of festive fun in the city centre. Wheeler Place will host family-friendly activities around the towering … Continue reading “City of Newcastle makes tree-mendous start to festive season”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24287,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24286\/revisions\/24287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}