Alexandra community lunch a Christmas flavour for travelersDasha Kuprienko/ Stuff Community Christmas barbecue lunch in Alexandra had about 70 people attending the event despite the rain on Monday. Alexandra community Christmas barbecue lunch organiser Andrew Howley said he noticed old and new faces attending the free celebration. READ MORE:*Auckland City Mission's Christmas lunch brings joy to thousands*Hundreds turn out for Christmas Day lunch at Hamilton Central Baptist Church"We have a lot of seasonal workers, people on holiday and a couple of couples that live locally," Howley said. Reminds me of an Israel holiday - it's all about family and the community," Saban said. Howley and his friends started community Christmas lunch as they were away from families three years ago.

Source: Stuff December 26, 2017 00:52 UTC