2010 Festival of the Trees

Some of beautiful trees on display at the Festival of Trees

Rory McIntosh and his entry in the 10 years and under division

More of the trees from the Youth division


It was a busy day in St. Peter's yesterday with the opening events taking place for the 15th Annual Festival of Trees. I made a stop in at the Lions Hall and was greeted by Chairperson of the festival, Ann Marie Sampson and Anne Digout who were definitely in the Christmas Spirit as they passed out the voting score sheets for the trees and collected the silver collection admission which will be donated to the local foodbank.
I arrived around 1pm and there were already lots of visitors mulling around viewing the entrees in the festival and checking out the items up for grabs for the silent auction,. With my score sheet in hand I carefully checked out the beautifully decorated Christmas in all 5 catagories. It was not an easy task to pick one tree out from each group as participants did an excellent job decorating their trees.
I also stopped to check out the New to You ornament table manned by Eva Landry and Kathlene Boudreau, and then moved on to visit Santa's Corner. It was nice to see so many children busily creating Christmas crafts with the help of some of Santa's Elves. Gregory Owens was on hand to play some traditional Christmas music to set the stage for an afternoon of activities.
A concert took place as part of the festivities following the 6pm official lighting of the Festival of Trees, and Mrs Claus was on hand to read the Christmas classic "The Night Before Christmas" to the children. The festival events will continue today starting at 12pm and running until 2pm, with the voting for best trees continuing and Santa and Mrs Claus stopping in to visit. At 2pm, the festival committee will make the presentation of awards for best trees and also award prizes to the successful bidders in the Silent Auction. Yes, I would definitely recommend a stop at the St. Peter's Lions Hall if you are in St. Peter's to get you in the holiday spitit. With Santa making a stop and the fine dusting of snow on the ground, it definitely feels as if Christmas is in the air.