Twilight Christmas at the Village 2022
SATURDAY 3rd DECEMBER 2022 5pm-9pm!
Step into the magic of Christmases past in an enchanting heritage setting!
Experience a Victorian Christmas at the Village, festively decorated for this annual celebration, and the traditions of an 1850s Christmas as the sun goes down. Explore cottages staged with trees, decorations and stockings hung by the fire!
As well as the old-fashioned sweet shop, there will be a mini market offering contemporary handmade goods and seasonal treats like mince tarts and cakes! There will be plenty of goodies fill stockings and tick gifts off the list!
With food stalls, live performances by carol singers, and decoration crafts to delight young and old alike, it is sure to be a fun evening out!
Santa himself will be set up beside the Christmas tree in the parlour of the grand Puhi Nui homestead for special requests from good children and photo opportunities.
Come dressed in your Christmas best to win a gift basket of goodies!!
Tickets $10. Children under 5 are free!
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Best way to use leftovers?
I'm sure you've got some excess ham at home or cold roast potatoes.
What are some of your favourite ways to use leftover food from Christmas day? Share below.
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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62.5% Summer
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36.1% Winter
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1.4% Other - I'll share below
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