Brent Omond of Alexandra New World loads Central Otago cherries into the supermarket's fruit and vegetable display. Photo by Rosie Manins.
Cameron and Jacqueline Sinclair buy fresh produce at the Otago Farmers' Market, Dunedin. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Matthew Brisdon (10) bags cherries at the Otago Farmers' Market, Dunedin. Photo by Jane Dawber.
Jake Szostak (11) and Holly Bancroft (7) of St Josephs School, Port Chalmers with donations for the foodbank. Photo supplied.
Queenstown resident Donna Fallon, Danish tourist Rikke Wohok and Kate Moetaua and Anika Moetaua (6) of Queenstown buy summer fruit from Glenn Randle (left) at the Queenstown Farmers' Market. Photo by James Beech.
Henry Symons Jones (left) chooses some honey from Tony Clissold at the Queenstown Farmers' Market. Photo by James Beech.
Christmas decoration competition winners Geoff and Bernie Hewson, with Monty (5), left, and Carter (5) outside their Lake Hawea home. Photo by Matthew Haggart.
NZ Post mail handler Colleen Eckhoff with some of the letters to Santa Claus written by Otago children. Photo by Janbe Dawber.
Trent Chalmers (4) of Dunedin goes through his Christmas checklist with Santa in the Golden Centre Mall, Dunedin. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.
Preparations for the big day around Otago. Prints of Otago Daily Times photos are available from otagoimages.co.nz.