BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio Country Club (BCC), the only exclusive club in this city, will again open to the public its popular and much awaited Christmas Village for the sixth straight year with its inauguration scheduled on November 11, 2016.
Located across the Club’s main gate, the highly acclaimed Christmas Village, as in the past offerings will showcase the use of resources that may have already been considered as junk materials accumulated from the Club’s daily operations but were turned into beautiful Christmas decorations and worthwhile endeavors.
This year’s Christmas Village will be hinged on the mixture of the latest craze “Pokemon” and “Traditional Christmas” theme. Its design was conceptualized by the Club’s General Manager Anthony R. De Leon and Executive Assistant Manager Marylou B. Galiste and is being put up with the assistance of employees.
The Christmas Village hopes to give those who cannot afford to travel abroad to feel at least a semblance of a White Christmas as experienced in other countries.
80 percent of the materials used in the Christmas Village are recycled, ranging from old sewer pipes, golf balls, used room key cards, plastic spoon and fork, to water and wine bottles.
Andrew Pinero, BCC Customer Service Department Manager, said the aforesaid materials will be used in making posts, lamps, snowflakes, balls and various decorations which were hand-crafted by employees belonging to the different departments of the Club. Construction excess trimmings such as plywood , steel bars and bark, twigs and pine cone which fell from trees within the premises were likewise used to build the various structures and Christmas trees.
As a practice, the Club employees collect and keep materials they gather from the various outlets of the Club which they reuse for various purposes.
“It always is a worthwhile experience for the young and old alike at the Christmas Village which features various characters from popular children’s books. The Nativity re-enactment sets the tone in the evening which constantly reminds us of a more Christ-centered celebration while the lights, artificial snow show and Christmas carolers at the main stage never cease to amaze the crowd,” Pinero stressed.
The highly anticipated BCC Christmas Village had a soft opening last Saturday before its inauguration on November 11 and will run until January 8, 2017. Entrance fee is P 100 for adults, P 50 for children ages 4 to 12 while children 3 years old and below are free of charge.
Senior Citizen discount apply while Persons with Disability are also free of charge. For a more enjoyable experience and avoid any inconvenience, visitors/patrons are advised to comply with the Dress Code Policy of the Club. Any type of slippers regardless of brand or price is strictly not allowed as well as bringing in of pets, food and drinks.
By HENT
