Festival of decorated Christmas trees by local businesses and groups at Hull Minster, with free admission and a £10 donation per tree to the Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal Fund.
The Lord Mayor's Christmas Tree Festival returns to Hull Minster on Tuesday 1 December, the official opening of a display that stays open until Christmas Eve. It's become a bit of a fixture of the city's festive period over the last decade, and the format is simple: dozens of trees, each decorated by a different local business, organisation or group, with each one telling the story behind it. It's free to enter, so you can wander through at your own pace and see how the different trees stack up against each other.
It's not just a local thing, either. The visitors' book at the Minster records people coming from São Paulo, Mexico, Hong Kong, Arizona, Johannesburg and every corner of the UK, so it's one of those events that pulls in a crowd from well beyond the city limits. The trees themselves come from across the area, and the stories they tell are part of the draw.
There's a charitable side to it, too. Each tree is accompanied by a donation, with a minimum of £10 per tree, and all the proceeds go to the Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal Fund. This year, the Lord Mayor has added one more thing to the mix: a pledge to donate a Christmas tree to someone in the city.
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If you're looking to get involved rather than just visit, the logistics are straightforward. Decorators set up on Monday 30 November between 9am and 3pm, and trees have to be collected on Monday 4 January between 9am and 3pm. The festival officially opens on Tuesday 1 December and runs through to Christmas Eve, with free admission for everyone.
