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Do you want to build a snowman!

Welcome everyone to our Snowman building contest!  We are celebrating creativity, teamwork, and a little bit of frosty fun.  Armed with snow, imagination, and maybe a carrot or two, each registrant will have the chance to sculpt their very own snowman masterpiece.  Whether your snowman is tall, tiny, traditional, or totally unique, the goal is to bring winter magic to life.  So get those jackets, hats and scarves on, pack that snow tight, and let’s see who can build the coolest snowman of them all!

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Contest Rules:

  1. To enter the 2025 Judged Residential Category, please confirm participation from November 21 to December 14 on the Very Virden Christmas website.Judging will take place on December 15.Participants of the judged residential category to provide consent for their residential addresses to be shared on the Very Virden Christmas website and social media.Sharing these details provide those who are interested with the opportunity to drive by the shared addresses and enjoy the submitted displays.

  2. To enter the Snowman building contest, you must submit your home or business by uploading a picture showing your decoration display to the Very Virden Christmas website.Submissions must be entered between November 21 - December 14.Online voting will take place from December 15 to 20.

  • Residential Properties are defined as properties including: single family homes, duplexes, condominiums, apartments.Decorations must be visible from the street.

  • Business Properties are defined as storefront, building, or complex where the business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processes or where the services are rendered.Decorations should be visible from the outside of the office.

  1. One contest entry per address, per applicable category.A participant may enter the snowman building contest as well as the decorating contest, but are only eligible to win one prize.

  2. For the judged residential category there will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and then viewers choice.This coincides with the projected prize values from largest to smallest.

  3. For the judged snowman building contest there will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes awarded by 3 judges chosen by the Very Virden Committee.The judging criteria includes:

  • Overall appearance

  • Originality

  • Movable Parts

  • Music

  • Originality

  • Effort

  1. The judges will use a 4-point format as provided by the Very Virden Christmas Committee.Extra Points may be given for moveable parts, music, gimmicks, or tying in with the Very Virden Christmas “Sants Workshop” theme.

  2. For the viewers choice categories, winners will be chosen by vote hosted on the Very Virden Christmas website.One vote per person per category is permitted.

  3. In the viewer’s choice categories including “votes”, the amount of votes received for each entry will be kept private until the end of the voting period.This information will be revealed at the end of the contest and once all of the winners have been notified.

  4. All pictures and videos submitted as part of the 2025 Snowman building contest become the property of the Very Virden Christmas committee and can be used for promotional purposes in print, social media, paid digital and website applications.

  5. The contest closes December 14, 2025

  6. Winners will be notified by telephone or email on or around December 22, 2025.Prizes will be available for pick-up at the Town of Virden office during regular business hours and contest winners have 30 days to pick up their prize.

  7. Prizes have no cash value.Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be exchanged for any other items or cash.

  8. Any decisions made by the Very Virden Christmas committee will be final.

  9. The Very Virden Christmas committee, Town of Virden, suppliers, participating businesses, employees and families assume no responsibility for any claims, damages, losses, costs, or expenses the contestant may incur while taking part in or resulting from participation in this contest and/or redemption of any prize.

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