He says that like most residents who are actively booking holidays, buying gifts and planning family luncheons, the council too is also preparing to bring the City alive with colour and magic.
Christmas trees will soon start popping up in and around our centres, from Revesby, Bankstown, Greenacre and Chester Hill, across to Lakemba, Earlwood and Campsie, and will be decorated and lit up after the official lighting-up ceremony on November 22 in the Bankstown Learning and Knowledge Centre forecourt, which will feature Christmas songs and carols by TAP performers.
There will be plenty of activities for the children with pop-up Santa activities in each Ward, along with Santa photos and giveaway colouring-in books and crayons.
“And let’s not forget one of my favourite things to do with the kids, driving around looking for Christmas lights,” Mayor Asfour said.
“This year we will continue with our competition to find the best decorated house in the City.”
‘This Christmas magical’ vow as we shake Covid
CHRISTMAS celebrations over the last few years have been “somewhat subdued” due the pandemic, but Canterbury Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour has promised a magical Christmas experience, saying “we’ve shrugged off the Covid grinch and are determined to make this year’s activations special for families and visitors, so they can enjoy what’s planned across the entire city”.