A PDF copy of an edition of a guide to Christmas shopping.
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 21 December 2013 entitled, "Christmas in past years".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 28 November 2013 entitled, "Christmas Carol".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 28 December 2013 entitled, "Christchurch Christmas 2013".
Page 1 of a Christmas in the Park advertising liftout in the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 30 November 2013.
Page 4 of a Christmas in the Park advertising liftout in the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 30 November 2013.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 23 December 2013 entitled, "Festive Flags".
Pages 2 and 3 of a Christmas in the Park advertising liftout in the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 30 November 2013.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 22 December 2013 entitled, "Santa's Slipping".
Christmas decorations on the cordon fence on Colombo Street, near Re:Start.
20131228_6787_1D3-82 Twelve Days of Christmas (part 2) The NG building on Madras Street was given the go ahead to repair earthquake damage, which the owners did at some expense, Now, the government want this land to build a central city stadium, so there is a protest on the windows set to the Christmas song the Twelve Days of Christmas. 12 mi...
20131228_6786_1D3-97 Twelve Days of Christmas (part 1) The NG building on Madras Street was given the go ahead to repair earthquake damage, which the owners did at some expense, Now, the government want this land to build a central city stadium, so there is a protest on the windows set to the Christmas song the Twelve Days of Christmas. 12 mi...
Christmas decorations hung on the cordon fence on Colombo Street. A sign on the fence reads "Crossing closed please use alternative crossing".
A Christmas tree erected on the building site for the temporary "cardboard cathedral". The base of the support framework for the cathedral is visible behind the tree.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 11 January 2013 entitled, "Only slightly loco".
It is ten days before Christmas, 1877 and two brothers, Frederick and James Trent, stand expectantly before the Reverend Henry Crocker Marriott Watson at altar in St John the Baptist Church, Latime…
A "drummer boy" dummy dressed in a hi-vis jacket sits on top of one of a building on High Street. Written on the back of the building is "Merry Christmas Christchurch Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum".
A "drummer boy" dummy dressed in a hi-vis jacket sits on top of a building on High Street. Written on the back of the building is "Merry Christmas Christchurch Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum". Te Waiponamu House is visible in the background.
An empty section on the corner of Cashel and Colombo Streets where buildings have been demolished. In the background, a "drummer boy" dummy dressed in a hi-vis jacket sits on top of one of the still-standing High Street buildings. Written on the back of the building is "Merry Christmas Christchurch Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum".
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