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Martin Place Christmas tree and fairy lights

When

Every day, all day Tuesday 5 December 2023 to Monday 1 January

Cost

Free

The tallest Christmas tree in NSW is decorated with more than 110,000 LED lights, a 3.4-metre colour-changing star and 330 specially created glossy baubles.

The tree’s 800 branches are dressed with 15,000 flowers representing 9 different kinds of Australian flowers: banksia, waratah, bottlebrush, wattle, eucalyptus gum flower, kangaroo paw, flannel flower, pink wax flower and white wax flower.

Listen to an audio description of the Christmas tree.

A different choir sings carols by the tree every night.

Wander through Martin Place and soak in the magic of Sydney Christmas.

Enjoy a kaleidoscope of colours and decorative lights and stars every 15 minutes from 8pm to midnight. Shop for handmade Christmas gifts at the markets. Or create memories at Santa's Workshop Photo Booth.

Drop by Pitt Street Mall canopy of light while you're in the city.

Then head over to George Street to see the dazzling lights adorning the façade and awning of the Queen Victoria building. The Woolworths building across from Sydney Town Hall is also draped in a curtain of light.    

The City of Sydney is proud to support the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation this festive season. Donate to support hospital wards, research labs and patient care programs for sick kids.

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