PHOTO: JESSICA WILSONAn army of cooks, food-handlers, servers and hosts are gearing up to bring a family-style Christmas to Dunedin - on a grand scale. They will be joined on Christmas Day by dozens of volunteer servers and table hosts, along with about 500 guests, for the giant annual Dunedin Community Christmas Dinner at the Dunedin Town Hall. "It is vital to have the surety of knowing we have skilled people cooking the Christmas dinner, and the food is always beautiful.'' "We want everyone to have a great day on Christmas Day, so come and join us.'' TAIERI FESTIVE LUNCHThe Taieri community is spreading the Christmas spirit this year and is once again hosting a Christmas Day lunch.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 16, 2017 15:56 UTC