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The Gingerbread Christmas House, supporting Camp Purple Live 2021.
 
Photo by Crohn's & Colitis New Zealand Charitable Trust

The Gingerbread Christmas House in Canterbury supporting Camp Purple Live again.

Diana - The Gingerbread Christmas House. —

A Christmas themed event in Canterbury is once again supporting Camp Purple Live this December.

The Gingerbread Christmas House opens in the week of Christmas and is a delightful vision of European styled Christmas décor and twelve full sized themed trees. 

Diana Renwick has run the annual charity Christmas house since her love of Christmas decorating was featured in Next magazine in 2008. Since then it has been opened to the public so others can share the magic of Christmas and see the festive house firsthand. 

Over the years The Gingerbread Christmas House has continued to grow in size and popularity and has raised about $20,000 for charities. Many of the decorations are handmade or collected from travels to the United States and Europe. Diana says she opens her home each Christmas because she loves spreading the spirit of Christmas with people, and that it makes her appear less mad if she’s sharing her obsession with others.

She and her family, originally from Timaru, recently moved from Wellington and now bring a new Christmas tradition for the Canterbury community to enjoy (and yes, that was two crossings over the Cook Straight with a container load of Christmas!).

Camp Purple Live were the recipients of proceeds from this event in 2019 and will remain as the chosen charity for 2020. Diana has had Crohn's disease for 20 years and Jack, her 15 year old son, was diagnosed last year and attended his first camp in January.

The Gingerbread Christmas House will be open 24th December from 6 - 8pm, 18 Matanui Street, Lincoln. Admission is $5 for adults and free for children. 

For further information follow The Gingerbread Christmas House on Facebook or Instagram.