"It's lovely to see Christmas celebrated in Cabonne," councillor Jenny Weaver said at last week's meeting of Cabonne Shire Council.
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Cr Weaver's comment followed the council's decision to spend $16,000 decorating the towns and villages in the shire.
Christmas lights will be placed in Memorial Park as part of the decorations.
"It's been pretty quiet for years now with each town doing there own thing, it is nice to see Cabonne getting behind the towns," Cr Weaver said.
In a report to the meeting, Cabonne general manager Bradley Byrnes said the decorations would compliment and encourage private entries in the Cabonne Chritmas light competition.
"The light installation by Council will encourage visitors and residents to visit the towns and villages over the Christmas period by adding to the festive feel of the community," Mr Byrnes said.
"Light displays will be installed by Council, with final locations in each village to be confirmed by discussion with the respective progress associations.
"$2,000 has been estimated to be required per village or town to install a simple display of solar fairy lights in trees, or solar laser display - where possible and appropriate," he said.
The money for the decorations is coming from Cabonne's Village Enhancement Program budget.