THIS weekend Digicel is set to bring the spirit of Christmas to the minicipality of Portmore.

As part of its promise to deliver a ‘Loaded Christmas’ to its over two million customers this year, Digicel will be on board with the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony that takes place this year on Sunday, December 12 at the Edgewater Roundabout. Digicel will sponsor an additional 10 mini treats in communities across that municipality that will include tree lighting exercises and family fun days.

The initiative, which will kick off with two mini tree-lighting ceremonies in Edgewater and Independence City on December 4 and 5 respectively, is as a result of a partnership between the Portmore Municipal Council and Digicel.

The communities of Edgewater and Independence City are expected to come alive this Saturday and Sunday as the telecommunications company fetes the residents with entertainment by some of Jamaica’s hottest young artistes such as Popcaan, Shawn Storm, Digicel ambassadors Jermaine Edwards and Dalton Harris, and local talents from each community.

“This series of Christmas in the City is an extension of our existing community initiatives,” Digicel Donovan White explained, adding that the Portmore Tree Lighting is one of several that Digicel will be doing this Christmas, with New Kingston and Montego Bay being on their agenda.

Commenting on the partnership, Councillor Keith Blake from the Independence City Division said: “Certainly Digicel is on board with us in the municipality to ensure a good Christmas for the residents of Portmore and respectively in the divisions that councillors are in charge. It is going to be a different type of Christmas, a well-lit Digi-Christmas and the residents of Independence City are looking forward to it.”

The annual Portmore tree-lighting ceremony, to be held on December 12, will feature the likes of veteran Reggae artistes Freddie McGregor, Digicel’s brand ambassador I-Octane, violinist Jessica Yap and many more.