The large Christmas tree at Mandaue Metropolis’s heritage plaza. | CDN Digital picture / Mary Rose Sagarino
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Mandaue Metropolis’s Christmas Village is sort of full.
As of Wednesday, November 27, Engr. Marivic Cabigas, head of the Metropolis Engineering Workplace (CEO), reported a 95 % completion charge.
Cabigas stated that they’re simply ending the testing and set up of the sequence lights and different Christmas decor.
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Mandaue’s Christmas Village and its 13-meter Christmas will formally be lighted at 8 p.m. on Sunday, December 1, to additionally mark the beginning of “Pasko sa Mandaue.”
Karla Victoria Cortes, town’s public info officer, stated that town authorities allotted P3.8 million for this yr’s Christmas Village. The identical quantity was additionally spent within the metropolis’s Disney-themed park Christmas Village in 2023.
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CEO personnel began engaged on the enormous Christmas tree within the final week of July.
Work began sooner than standard as a result of they have been anticipating interruptions which will end result from climate disturbances, Cabigas stated.
Town’s Christmas tree that was produced from metal was accomplished early. However the set up of lights and different decors took time. Mandaue Metropolis’s large Christmas tree is designed to appear like a Santa Home on the identical time.
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Cabigas stated they hope to finish their preparations earlier than Sunday.
| CDN Digital picture / Mary Rose Sagarino
Mandaue’s Christmas Village
Architect Francis Cabigas stated they recycled a few of the Christmas decors from final yr for this yr’s Christmas Village to save lots of on value.
Cabigas stated that as a of completion, they plan to additionally paint close by roads to enhance the brightness of their Christmas decors.
“Ang look sa Chrismas ron, in a approach, mura siya og a village inside the Christmas tree,” Architect Cabigas stated.
Engineer Cabigas stated that town’s Christmas Village can be open to all Mandauehanons and even the non-city residents who would want to come go to through the vacation celebration.
“Mao ra gyud ni ma-offer sa Metropolis of Mandaue for everybody. Not solely [for the] Mandauehanons however [also] those that need to go to Mandaue. Mao ra gyud ni amoang mahatag,” stated Cabigas.
Cabigas stated that this yr’s Christmas Village can be on show for over a month or till the early a part of January 2025. This can then be eliminated to offer method to town’s Sinulog preparations.
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