ILMINSTER NEWS: Christmas Tree Festival at the Minster

PREPARATIONS are underway for the annual Ilminster Christmas Tree Festival which each year provides a spectacular display at the Minster.

The festival produces a display of around 50 lit and decorated trees.

But this year, for the first time, the organisers have suggested as an alternative that the charity sponsors display a traditional crib scene.

The festival will be held from Monday, December 5, 2016, from 11am to 6pm and then Tuesday, December 6, 2016, through to Friday, December 9, from 9.30am to 6pm and finally on Saturday, December 10, from 9am to 4pm at the Minster church in the heart of Ilminster.

Local organisations, individuals and families sponsor trees which they decorate themselves to raise money for their nominated charities.

Planning and arranging the event is the work of a dedicated team of volunteers lead by parishoners Marie Jewson and Elizabeth Ferriss.

The festival will be officially opened on December 5 at 11am by the Rev Nigel Done, Ilminster Mayor Cllr Val Keitch and town crier Andrew Fox. Children from the local schools will also be in attendance.

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