Your 2023 Christmas Lights Competition winners are …
Houses all over Randfontein were decorated ‘to the tree’ this past festive season as homeowners wanted to impress in the Randfontein Publicity Association’s annual Christmas Lights Competition.
The votes are in and the winners of last year’s Christmas Lights Competition hosted by the Randfontein Publicity Association (RPA) have been announced.
The most loved and voted-for home is 102 Smuts Street in Randgate, while the home that came in second place is 43 Arend Drive in Helikon Park. The home at 7 Kingfisher Avenue, Helikon Park placed third. These winners will walk away with prize money worth R3 000, R2 000, and R1 000 respectively.
The house situated at 19 Springbok Road in Greenhills won the new participant category winning R1 000 in the process which was sponsored by Grant and Lilly Theron of FourAela Steel. The NG Randfontein West church won the church category which had UV lights installed leaving children constantly entertained. They too bagged R1 000 in prize money.
The annual Christmas Lights Competition is all an effort to lift the spirit of residents and have them take part in an activity that will have the town glowing. Homeowners, churches, and even old age homes were urged to decorate their premises with Christmas lights to get in the spirit of the festive season.
The RPA issued a statement saying that the 2023 version was a huge success.
“This has been one of the biggest years with a lot of participants. Everything was fun and we also shared other happenings like the Christmas truck and bicycle riders to our page and WhatsApp groups to create awareness. We tried to get everyone excited about Christmas and it worked because a lot of people said this Christmas was truly amazing, to say the least. A lot of the houses had gorgeous decorations and this made it difficult for our panel of judges to make their decision. They honestly wished they could have named more winners,” the statement read.
The RPA also said they are thankful for everyone who participated in the competition and added that they are excited about this year’s Christmas.
Although the winners have been announced, an official handover is to take place sometime next week.
