Life's Biggest Qs: Who's responsible for Xmas Decorations?

From 8 'til Late, 10:15 pm on 10 January 2025
The new 1.2m Christmas tree at Britomart, Auckland, November 29, 2024.

The new 1.2m Christmas tree at Britomart, Auckland, November 29, 2024. Photo: RNZ / Yiting Lin

Every year extravagant Christmas displays pop up around Aotearoa. A jolly sign the festive season is upon us– but who exactly is responsible for these displays?

Ellie and Corey chats with Liz Santos, Logistics Elf at The Christmas Decorators as well as Stephen Blackburn, Events Manager at the Wellington City Council, about the alternative Christmas trees that popped up in Wellington’s CBD.

A Christmas tree made from light trusses with a lot of baubles, not a lot of plastic fir, placed outdoors in the streets of Wellington.

One of Wellington's Christmas Trees referenced in the press in 2024, made from lighting trusses. Photo: Supplied / Wellington City Council