Sisters Rita (14 months) and Carolena (3) Booth admire Christmas decorations in the Dunedin Botanic Garden arboretum. Photo by Allison Booth.
Harvey Pringle (6), of Palmerston, helps decorate Nana and Pop's Christmas cake. Photo by Lois Davis.
Mikayla Waby (10), who is visiting from Australia, helps make Christmas fruit mince pies. Photo by Micky Waby (Nana).
Ruby (10) and James (12)Sawers after taking their first ride in a helicopter this week, at Fox Glacier.Photo by Jeff Sawers.
Erika Reilly (2, left) and her friend Martin Warriner (2) get into the Christmas spirit. Photo by Irene Reilly.
Abby Budgen (8), of Waitahuna, rings her Central Otago grandparents to tell them about her Christmas Day presents. Photo by Bronny Budgden.
Will (4) and Charlie (2) Nichol 'clean' their tractor in a mud puddle on their parents' Lee Stream farm. Photo by Kat Nichol.
Sharing an early Christmas tea at a relative's house are the
Lyall family, of Mosgiel, (from left) Craig, Sequioa (4), Kurtis (9) and Kara, and Niko the dog. Photo by Jan Lyall.
Today we publish the first entries in the Otago Daily Times 2011-12 Magic Moments photography competition.
Readers are invited to share their favourite holiday images, with every published photograph winning a prize. Entries will be published daily until January 7.
Email photographs (in JPEG format at 200dpi) to magicmoments@odt.co.nz.
Please include the photographer's name, a description of who and what the photograph shows, where and when it was taken, where those in the photograph come from, and the ages of any children or teenagers pictured.
Please also supply a contact telephone number.