Christmas Carols By Candle Light

Christmas Carols By Candle Light

Good Day mums and dads of Hive I hope you're having a wonderful start of the Christmas season which can be hard for a lot of families this time around and I am not sure about others but here in Australia we have a lot of free family fun events that the whole family can get involved with and participate in.
This year was the first year we were able to finally attend a Christmas Carols by Candle Light event and although it isn't late at night it does kick off at around 6:00pm and goes to 9:00pm which means there is plenty of time to get the kids back home and in bed at a reasonable time.
When I was a kid I used to love going to Carols by Candle Light and Christmas midnight Mass as it was a wonderful event the whole community participated in and I fondly remember playing with many of my friends.

Due to COVID19 the past few Christmas Carols by Candle Light events were cancelled with last year going online to be live streamed and although we tuned in it just wasn't the same as being there in person and enjoying the festivities and making lots of new friends.

The event was filled with food trucks and different vendors but we opted for little miss and little blokes favourite treats twirly spuds which mind you around a decade ago I remember being at a business forum where these businesses were being offered as a franchise and I remember saying to my partner that the business model would be popular. She wasn't as impressed yet here we are a decade or more later and the spuds are at every event selling out!.

There was lots to see and do with face painting, letters to Santa, make your own Christmas hats and although we didn't get to do any of it mainly because today was 30 degrees celsius and dad just did not have the energy to stand in line we still had a wonderful time singing and dancing and did score some FREE electric candles.

Oh how things have changed with technology I remember as a kid buying these small thin candles that would drip onto your hands and burn. Then as we got older I also remember putting was on your finger tips to make wax finger prints and pretend to peel it off like it was skin.

I am sure there were plenty of 3rd degree burns back then but most of us were ok and didn't do anything too silly despite remembering one year someone's hair catching on fire. Now with electronic candles all that is made a lot safer although I am not sure if it is as fun and kids today might just be missing out.

Carols by Candle Light was held at Hannah Watts Park so there was a playground close by for kids to have a whole heap of fun!

Do you celebrate Christmas? what do you have planned this year?