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Hundreds celebrate Christmas with community at City Mission lunch


Hundreds of people gathered at four Auckland locations for a Christmas lunch sponsored by City Mission today.
Aucklander Karl Sylva with his 5-year-old god daughter Xea enjoy City Mission s Christmas lunch at Freemans Bay, Auckland.
Photo: RNZ / Liu Chen
City Missioner Chris Farrelly said they decided not to do one big lunch - which last year was attended by 2000 people - out of Covid-19 concerns.
Eight hundred people were expected this year at Freemans Bay Community Centre, Nando s on Queen Street and Manukau, and the mission building, according to Farrelly.
We have smaller lunches, quite intimate, quite connecting, and I think in this is a lot of beauty. Also, we ve also provided 9000 families over the last week with a full Christmas lunch so that they can do that at home - chicken, vegetables and desserts etc, he said. ....

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