The Norfolk City Union of the King's Daughters is proud to present the 23rd Annual Holly Festival of Trees.

The first Festival was held in 1983 at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach. Since then, Holly Festival of Trees has become one of the area’s favorite holiday traditions, ushering in the holiday season each year with a dazzling display of beautifully and uniquely decorated trees and wreaths and a truly enchanting gingerbread village The Luncheon and Fashion Show is an annual sell-out. The Black-tie Gala with Grand Auction is a spirited event and a highlight each year, and the Children’s Cocoa with Santa is a delightful event for the whole family. The Festival, themed “Visions of Sugarplums,” will be held Friday, November 18 through Saturday, November 19, 2005 and we are fortunate to have secured the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club as our setting.

Each year the Holly Festival Committee reviews information about equipment or programs for which CHKD needs funding and chooses one to which we devote our energy. This year we are dedicating our efforts toward the purchase of much needed pediatric cribs. They are state of the art medical devices used in general and intensive care units; 41 are needed at a cost of $7,000 each. The Holly Festival Committee would like to raise the money needed to purchase all of the cribs asked of us by our hospital.