It was a fine, balmy evening and the birds in Virginia Lake's aviary joined in with the hundreds singing Christmas carols.
Whanganui's annual Carols by Candlelight on Sunday was a spectacular evening, Wanganui Club of Rotary North organiser Sue Gardner said.
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![Big crowd for carols at the Virginia Lake punchbowl in Whanganui](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MSW6C4Y3XO2S7LWYOZ4JH27EO4.jpg?auth=b2288413d8f1f912c5d74df28ecefe466bc7cc6b4d7b39ea7b1e68ea4705051d&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)