The Christmas Land in New Taipei City event is coming to a climax. This afternoon there will be a Silent Night fair held at the New Taipei City Plaza, and 20 churches from throughout the city will be getting together this evening for a carol service.
According to Randy Chiang, head of the city’s Civil Affairs Bureau, the fair starting at 3pm will include many food stands serving delicious snacks and a flea marketwhere people can hunt for treasure.
Starting at 7pm there will be an evening event jointly hosted by entertainer Sung Yi-min and presenter Chang Pei-shan, and there will also be 12 strapping city government employees dressed up as Santa Claus distri-buting candy to the public.
(Liberty Times, translated by Paul Cooper)
Photo: Ho Yu-hua, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者何玉華
新北歡樂耶誕城活動進入高潮,今天下午起將在市民廣場舉辦平安夜園遊會活動,晚上還有全市二十個教會共同組成的唱詩班。
民政局長江俊霆表示,下午三點起進行園遊會,有許多好吃好玩的攤位,還有跳蚤市場讓大家尋寶。
晚上七點開始,由藝人宋逸民、主播張珮珊聯手主持晚會,另外現場還有十二名體型壯碩的市府員工扮演聖誕老人,在現場發糖果給民眾。
(自由時報記者何玉華)
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