The judges have made their lists and checked them twice. With dozens of entries from homes and businesses to choose from, the panel of seven judges worked hard this week to narrow the field to the best Christmas light displays in Greater Victoria.
Among this year’s winners of our annual Christmas Lighting Contest are some new names among the ones that are familiar to regular readers.
Don’t forget to pick up Friday’s Times Colonist for our popular Christmas lights map, with suggested routes for viewing the homes and businesses that entered the contest.
The Christmas Lighting Contest is a project of the Greater Victoria Festival Society, and is sponsored by the Times Colonist and Island Farms.
2012 Christmas Lights Contest Winners
COMMERCIAL
Best Commercial Illumination
- Fireside Grill, 4500 W. Saanich Rd.
- Capital Iron, 1900 Store St.
Best Window Display
- Bernard Callebaut Chololates, 621 Broughton St.
Best Hotel
- Chateau Victoria, 740 Burdett Ave.
- Abigail’s Hotel, 906 McClure St.
RESIDENTIAL
Best Figurines - Homemade
- Margaret MacKay, 1210 Alan Rd.
- Rick and Roxanna Reid, 1172 Marchant Rd.
- Derek Thorpe, 567 Obed Ave.
Best Figurines - Store Bought
- Gipp and Donna Forster, 4252 Ponderosa Cr.
- Howard Cochrane, 1448 Ocean Spray Dr.
Best Nativity Scene
- The Thomson family, 2733 Blackwood St.
- The McInnis family 3566 Promenade Cr.
Best Street Display
- 1100-1200 block Marin Park Close
- Ponderosa Crescent
- 1200 block Alan Road
Completely Decorated Home: Full Display
- Raj Sundher, 2820 Grosvenor Rd.
- Gordon Gillatly, 11-7401 C. Saanich Rd.
- Kaylee Gibson and Randy Strugnell, 6973 Carmel Way
Completely Decorated Home - Lights Only
- The Willett family, 4260 Ponderosa Cr.
- Wayne and Cathy Cox, 1827 Dunnett Cr.
- Richard Jordison, 2318 Selwyn
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