Crediton Parish Church

Christmas Tree Festival 2010

Despite some bitterly cold weather and a covering of snow on the opening morning our 2010 Christmas Tree Festival still attracted over 3000 visitors. Our visitors came from across a wide area and included an unexpected coach of visitors from Coventry enjoying a short break in the Torquay area.

Typical comments about the Festival included:

The favourite trees this year were the Crediton Lace Group (adult) and the 3rd Crediton Brownies (children).

Funds Raised

The Christmas Tree Festival raised a total of just under £5000, the bulk of which would be used towards the ongoing upkeep and restoration of Holy Cross. The Governors of Holy Cross and members of the Fabric Fund Raising Committee would like to express their gratitude and thanks to everyone who contributed in any way to the huge success of our 2010 Christmas Tree Festival.

View the gallery of images from past festivals here

Christmas Tree Festival 2011

The 2011 Holy Cross Christmas Tree Festival took place from Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th December. Over 65 decorated and illuminated trees filled the church. The opening hours were Thursday and Friday 11am – 6pm, Saturday 10.30am – 7pm and Sunday 2 – 5pm. Refreshments were available in the nearby Boniface Centre and admission was free. On the Saturday evening the choir of Holy Cross gave a concert of seasonal poems, readings, music and carols. A new addition this year was an exhibition of photographs taken by members of Crediton Photography Club. The exhibition proved very popular with our visitors. We welcomed 4,300 through the doors at Holy Cross for the Festival – a record number! We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the enormous success, of this our ninth Christmas Tree Festival. The favourite childrens tree this year was tree number 55 by Haywards Primary School and the favourite adult tree, for the second year running, was tree number 45 by Daphne’s Lace Group. Our 2012 Christmas Tree Festival, for which reservations for trees are now being taken, will take place from Thursday 6th December – Sunday 9th December.