What began in 1990 as just a few holiday lawn ornaments in an Esquimalt front yard has snowballed into an annual festive spectacle, which thrills and wows thousands of visitors.
“It just grew and grew and grew and grew and … grew,“ says Garfield Ostrander, the man behind the magic.
And he’s not exaggerating.
Tens of jolly Santas, multiple Grinches, snowmen, a jolly green dinosaur, a nativity scene, right through to an octopus in a (pear) tree are all waiting to be found among the Christmas carnival bonanza open every evening at 783 Hutchinson Rd.
