Christmas in the Park returns

Despite smaller numbers seen during the early morning celebrations, Christmas in Queen’s Park was once again the place to be this year for the holiday season.

Barbadians and visitors donned their holiday best, and enjoy the sweet sounds from the Barbados Police Band, as well the band Promise. 

It was just after 7 am that annual Christmas tradition of the Barbados Police Force Band, formally the Royal Barbados Police Force Band, began delivering their holiday hits, from the smooth classics supported by their vocalists, to the rhythmic Bajan hits that all Barbadians love to hear around this time of year.

Though fewer Barbadians made their way to the city this year, many locals and tourists alike dressed beautifully with for the occasion, for vivid formal attire, to more holiday themed suits aimed and bringing much needed Christmas cheer.

While speaking to Barbados TODAY, Jeremy Devonish, a local who has visited the park yearly for Christmas with his family said,“It’s pretty much a family tradition at this point, we usually go to church during the morning for the 5 o clock service, and whenever our family from over and away is here in the island, we come down after church and just take a look around, see what’s going on, enjoy the band, and just take in the environment and set us in that Christmas spirit.” (SB)