Penang church goes green for the record

Repurposed: Parishioners decorating a ‘snowman’ with the large Christmas wreath at the entrance of the St John Britto Church in Sungai Pinang.

GEORGE TOWN: There’s white Christmas and there’s green Christmas, and for members of a church here they have opted for the green theme by putting up environmentally friendly decor – an effort they hope could make it into the Malaysia Book of Records.

The women and youth of St John Britto Church in Jalan Sungai Pinang have created huge Christmas decorations with recycled materials.The church compound is gaily decorated with a Christmas tree, snowmen, wreaths, stars, bells, flowers and snowflakes made of plastic bottles, plates and cutlery, paper cups, polystyrene, fruit wrappers and even old sarees.