Christmas in the Tweed

Participant guidelines and terms and conditions

Tweed Shire Council has partnered with Business Murwillumbah, Business Kingscliff, Tweed Heads Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Tweed Valley Weekly to encourage people to shop local, and to also promote and recognise local businesses that get into the festive season through innovative and creative shop displays.

Local businesses are encouraged to decorate their shop/shopfront/window display and register online to be in the running to win a prize pack.  To register, businesses will be required to upload a photograph of the festive display with business name and address.

Once registered, their photo and location will be loaded onto the “Tweed Festive Shopfronts” map with a pin drop for the public to view. The campaign will be promoted via Tweed Shire Council and Business Chamber marketing channels, as well as via Tweed Valley Weekly editorial and advertising.

Campaign Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions of the campaign are:

• There is no entry fee, however businesses need to register online to be eligible for inclusion on the map and entry into the campaign.  All registrations will be vetted and verified by Tweed Shire Council for authenticity.
• Only one entry per address.
• A prize will be awarded for one winner from each of the following Tweed Shire zones:
• Tweed Heads & urban surrounds (including Tweed Heads Tweed Heads West, Bilambil & Bilambil Heights, Tweed Heads South, Banora Point, Terranora)
• Tweed Coast (Kingscliff, Fingal, Chinderah, Cudgen, Casuarina, Cabarita/Bogangar, Hastings Point & Pottsville)
• Murwillumbah and rural villages (Murwillumbah, South Murwillumbah, Condong, Tumbulgum, Bray Park, Uki, Tyalgum, Chillingham, Dunbible, Stokers Siding, Burringbar, Mooball, Crabbes Creek)
• These zones shall be determined by Tweed Shire Council for the purpose of campaign registration/entry.
• The winner of each zone will  receive a prize pack consisting of a $500 Gift Pay E voucher, one annual Business Chamber membership for the respective district chamber (Tweed Chamber of Commerce and Industry $150, Business Murwillumbah $100, and Business Kingscliff  $99), & one quarter page advertising space in the Tweed Valley Weekly ($408 each ad; each advertisement will be quarter page position 18.7h x 13.1w placed in the early general news section of Tweed Valley Weekly and to be used within 6 months of prize presentation).
• The total value of the prize pack for each zone to be judged is:
• Tweed Heads & urban surrounds = $1058
• Tweed Coast $1007
• Murwillumbah and rural villages: $1008
• Nb: prize value differential is due to difference in annual chamber membership value.
• Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be redeemed for cash.
• Council reserves the right to cancel or amend the award without notice for any reason.
• Council accepts no responsibility for registrations that are delayed, misdirected, incomplete or cannot be accessed or entered for any technical or other reasons.
• Entries must be received by midnight on Sunday 14 December 2025.
• Winners will be contacted via email or phone on Thursday 15 December 2025.
• Winners will be publicly announced on Thursday 25 December 2025, via Tweed Shire Council media release and social media posts.
• Council reserves the right to substitute any prize with another prize of similar value in the event the original prize offered is not available for any reason.
• By entering, you agree to participate in related media or promotional activities relating to the announcement of competition winners. Council will request to photograph the winners and announce this via the Tweed Shire Council’s social media pages, websites, Tweed Link, Tweed Valley Weekly and any other publication deemed appropriate.
• Council’s decision, in respect of all matters to do with the campaign will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Council shall have the right, at its sole discretion and at any time, to change or modify these terms and conditions without notice.
• Personal or business information, as defined under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, may be requested by TSC and associated partners from campaign winners for the purpose of providing prizes. The provision of any personal information is voluntary. Any personal information stored by the promoter can be accessed by contacting Tweed Shire Council on 02 6670 2400 or email at tsc@tweed.nsw.gov.au.

Eligibility

To be eligible you must:

1. Be a business located in the Tweed Shire with a shop front/store front or have a physical business premise that has a festive display that can be viewed by the public.
2. Campaign participants must upload a minimum of one photograph (maximum of five) with business name and address via the online registration portal. Registrations for campaign judging must be received by midnight on Sunday 14 December 2025.
3. Read and accept the terms and conditions when registering.

Assessment criteria

Registrations will be judged by a panel of three (3) people: 1 x Tweed Shire Council representative, 1 x Business Chamber representative (from that zone), and 1 x Tweed Valley Weekly representative.

Judging will be scored out of 25, scale 1 to 5

(1 = no, 2 = low, 3 = met the brief, 4= exceeded the brief, 5 = Outstanding).

Eligible registrations will be judged on the following criteria:

1. Creativity and originality
2. Effort and enthusiasm
3. Upcycle and/or recycle
4. The uniquely Tweed Festive Spirit
5. The “oh wow!!” factor