Christmas in the Park

2022 - 12 - 9

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Our messiest teenage memories from Christmas in the Park (The Spinoff)

After two years of Covid cancellations, Christmas in the Park will finally be returning to both Auckland and Christchurch this year. Since the mid-90s, the ...

“I attended Christmas in the Park as a 14-year-old visiting from overseas. We’d heard the urban legend that the statues (who are actually known as the Three Muses) commemorated the deaths of three witches hanged in the Domain, and that the statues moved. Guys would just walk up and put their dicks in a hole and piss in front of everyone. I had carried a backpack of Jack Daniels and Coke premixed cans frontways under a hoodie to look like a pregnant belly.” Now known for being a family-friendly, alcohol-free affair, Christmas in the Park also has a rich history of attracting gaggles of teenagers looking to take their place on the naughty list. After two years of Covid cancellations, Christmas in the Park will finally be returning to both Auckland and Christchurch this year.

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Auckland's Christmas in the Park will go ahead despite ... (Stuff.co.nz)

It will be a soggy, but not silent, night at Auckland's Christmas in the Park. But organisers say the show will go on, despite a thunderstorm warning.

[one of three major events being staged on Saturday night:](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300761524/packed-weekend-of-events-concerts-set-to-cause-traffic-chaos-in-auckland) the others being Guns N’ Roses at Eden Park and Jack Johnson at Western Springs. For Christmas in the Park, buses and trains are a good option – with Grafton and Newmarket stations nearby. “Aucklanders are a hardy lot,” she said. [Red Bull Flugtag at the Viaduct](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300748167/watch-live-red-bull-flugtag-auckland-competition-sees-some-soar-some-sink) was set to wrap up at about 5pm. ['November Rain' on the way for Auckland and most of the country](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130726576/november-rain-on-the-way-for-auckland-and-most-of-the-country?rm=a) The annual Christmas in the Park concert in Auckland Domain will go ahead on Saturday night, despite a fresh thunderstorm watch.

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