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Dear Santa I want: There is no rest for Santa at present with thousands of children putting in their requests for Christmas presents. Amelia Knight, 4, told Santa in Riccarton’s Westfield mall she wants jewellery and a lunchbox for Christmas. Story page 3. Photo: Gilbert Wealleans
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IN an interview with Mainland Press, Christchurch City Council chief executive Tony Marryatt talks of what motivates him and of the pressures during the last year when a business lobby in the city sought to have him dumped and he fought to hang onto his job. Story page 6
Christmas house for CTV families Samantha Early
A FOUR-bedroom house in the suburb of Redwood has been transformed into a Christmas wonderland in an effort to help the families of CTV staff killed in the February earthquake. Brad and Janice Maxwell will open their home to the public on Sunday evening, with the entry price of a gold coin donation going to the CTV Families Trust. Mr Maxwell said this was about the sixth year they had run the house to raise money for charities and this year he wanted to do something for CTV. He was a regular advertiser on the station for his business, Premier Realty, over the past decade. “Knowing all those we lost in the building
collapse including a cousin of ours we just felt that this year it would be more appropriate to do it for the family trust of the CTV victims.” He said decorating the house started off like any other family, with a tree and a few decorations, but it has grown over the years and now they have three trailer-loads full, including 17 Christmas trees and 50,000 lights. “My wife got the bug; we’ve been told that our house is very different to a lot of the Christmas houses in that each room is decorated to a certain theme.” Mr Maxwell said previously they had opened the house for two nights before Christmas and had up to 1800 people through but this year they would
open for a week and expected 5000 visitors. CTV Families Trust spokesman Peter Brown said what the Maxwells were doing was wonderful and it showed the station’s culture. “Even a lot of the regular advertisers felt as thought they were part of the wider family of CTV and I think it’s a very positive thing.” Mr Brown said they were in the process of formalising the trust, which would work to support the families of the 16 staff members lost. The CTV Earthquake Families Trust Charity Christmas House at 4 Willowview Drive in Redwood will be open from 7pm until late from Sunday December 18 until Christmas Eve. Entry is by a gold coin donation per person. a
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