{"id":367903,"date":"2025-12-17T14:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=367903"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:04:26","slug":"trophies-celebrate-christmas-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/12\/17\/trophies-celebrate-christmas-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trophies Celebrate Christmas Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_367904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367904\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-367904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eamon Viner, from Ken Mills Toyota, left; and Nicola and Mark Pitt, right; with Christmas Cottage winner Andrew Maddern and Alex, 10; and Lily, 13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 17, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2025 winners of Santa\u2019s Workshop and Christmas Cottage were announced on Wednesday by organisers Mark and Nicola Pitt.<\/p>\n<p>During a break in Wednesday&#8217;s Council meeting, CEO Mark Pitt stepped away from his Council duties and donned a Santa hat for the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Christmas Spirit Initiative is a private project of the Pitt family.<\/p>\n<p>It consists of three categories: &#8220;Santa&#8217;s Workshop&#8221; (for businesses), &#8220;Christmas Cottage&#8221; (for individual houses) and &#8220;Santa Claus Lane&#8221; (for neighbours banding together in co-operation to create a festive display).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2025 Santa&#8217;s Workshop winners are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burning Oil Caf\u00e9, Nanango<\/li>\n<li>WILDBowerbird, Blackbutt<\/li>\n<li>Kingaroy RSL Club<\/li>\n<li>Prices Plus Kingaroy<\/li>\n<li>Wondai Mechanical and Roadworthy<\/li>\n<li>NB Department Store (Proston)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trophies for these categories are sponsored by Ken Mills Toyota and the Pitts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Santa\u2019s Workshop initiative is designed to ensure the children of the South Burnett have the opportunity to celebrate Christmas and to recreate the festive displays of the large areas such as in Brisbane,&#8221; Nicola said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2025 Christmas Cottage winner was Caz Dingle and Andrew Maddern&#8217;s display at 23-25 Carroll Street, Kingaroy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The winner&#8217;s plaque will spend the next 12 months in the Kingaroy Library.<\/p>\n<p>Mark said the Christmas Spirit Initiative was not about the &#8220;biggest, boldest or prettiest&#8221; lights &#8230; it was about the story, about the community spirit and the interaction with neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>Nicola emphasised the aim was to give children a chance to experience the joy and wonder of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner of the Santa Claus Lane category will be announced on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367905\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-367905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa&#8217;s Workshop winners with sponsor Eamon Viner, from Ken Mills Toyota (second from left) and Mark and Nicola Pitt (at right) &#8230; Maxine Tessmann (Kingaroy RSL Club); Margaret Anderson (Prices Plus); Cr Jane Erkens accepted the trophy on behalf of Burning Oil Caf\u00e9, Nanango; Darren Blanch (NB Department Store); Cr Ros Heit accepted the trophy on behalf of\u00a0 Wondai Mechanical and Roadworthy; and Amanda West (WILDBowerbird)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367906\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-367906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas3.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251217christmas3-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All the winners gathered together for a combined photograph in the Council Chambers on Wednesday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 winners of Santa\u2019s Workshop and Christmas Cottage were announced on Wednesday by organisers Mark and Nicola Pitt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":367904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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