Magical Milford are just slightly short of the JustGiving target of £1500 which is the amount they need to create magical Christmas lights and decorations on Milford on Sea village green and in the village centre.
The event costs approximately £6500 to put on, therefore sponsorship and public donations are vital. If they can surpass the target, they can add some extra sparkle!If you would like to support the Christmas Lights & Decorations, You can make donations by clicking here. Alternatively cash/cheques can be left with The Parish Council Office.
Business Sponsorship is also available: Please contact for details of the various opportunities: magicalmilford@gmail.com.
Milford Valeting are also running a Prize Draw to support Magical Milford at Christmas. To find out more, please click here.
More about Magical Milford at Christmas 2023
This year, the Christmas Lights & Decorations Switch On will take place on Milford on Sea village green at 6pm on Friday 1st December 2023.
At the same time there will Carol Singing and a Christmas Service on the village green, together with Late Night Shop Opening and an array of eateries open for everyone to enjoy.
Free parking will be available in the Sea Road car park all day.
Magical Milford at Christmas has once again been planned by Tracy Haupt and Diana Brushwood.
Following the switch on, a number of Carols will be sung by the Milford Primary School choir and also Milford’s resident choir: Total Voice.
Everyone will be encouraged to join in, to create a truly magical atmosphere.
Carol sheets will be handed out that evening, but to reduce paper, Tracy & Diana would prefer as many as possible to save the verses to their mobiles.
For those using Facebook, do regularly check the page ‘Magical Milford at Christmas’, as this is kept up to date with news of what is happening and where all the Carols and their verses will be listed.
Father Christmas will also be in Santa’s Grotto.
This will be the fifth year the ladies have organised the event and each year, they like to add something extra. This year the nativity scene will have two additional pieces, again painted by Gillian Key; a local artist.
Also more businesses have requested a Christmas tree above their shops, compared to last year. A large number of their tree brackets have been replaced, out of surplus funds raised by Tracy and Diana last year, as they were deemed unsafe.
On the village green there will be the winter wonderland of trees again, plus reindeer. The large tree at the top of the green will be lit, providing a wonderful place to sit in the evening and enjoy a hot drink with friends/family.
Work starts week commencing 27th November with the trees being delivered.
Simeon and the lads from Aubrey Farm will be on the green with their tractor, to put the two large trees in place. Tracy & Diana will position the remaining trees to create a Winter Wonderland scene and then the remainder of the team (their husbands!), will work on securely fixing them in place.
The Electricians will be hard at work too, dressing all the trees on the green with white lights and connecting them into the supply. They will also wire the coloured lights to the smaller trees above the businesses. Timers will be coordinated and then they’ll be made secure in the brackets.
It all takes a few days to complete the scene, so hopefully the weather will be kind for everyone involved during this busy week.
Thanks to everyone who has donated with support funding, without generous local business sponsors and private individual donations this special event could not take place.
If previous years are anything to go by, we can expect the bar to be raised again, to give us something extra sparkly to enjoy at the end of the year!
You can keep in touch with all that is happening with Magical Milford on their Facebook Page at:
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