This holiday season, make Glendale City Centre your ultimate destination for family fun and festive cheer. Conveniently located and accessible for everyone, they have a lineup of exciting Christmas events that you won’t want to miss!
As well as Christmas events, there’s so many reasons to head to Glendale City Centre in the lead up to Christmas. Shop at Woolworths, Coles, Target, Kmart, Event Cinemas and over 80 additional retailers!
Glendale City Centre is all about convenience, saving you time and money!
- Free parking
- Accessible single level layout
- Parking available directly outside stores
- Recently refurbished parents rooms near Kmart, Target, Woolworths & JB HIFI
- Easy click and collect options for most retailers
- All your essential shopping in one convenient location
Keep reading to find out what’s on this Christmas at Glendale City Centre, plus enter our competition to win a Glendale City Centre gift card!
Santa Photos
Get a family photo with Santa at Glendale City Centre. There’s regular sessions, bring your furbaby for pet photos, plus a Sensitive Santa Session on 3 December. Pet Photos are on Thursday 4, 11 & 18 December.
Dates: 28 November to 24 December 2025
Location: Santa Photos are located inside Event Cinemas foyer
Book here
Giving Tree
This year, Glendale City Centre are excited to announce the launch of their Christmas Giving Tree in in partnership with the Samaritans. Samaritans is here to support people in their early years of life through their work in foster care, family support and preservation. They are here to enrich and empower people’s lives through disability support and mental health programs. Click on the link for gifting ideas.
Date: Until 7 December 2025
Location: Outside Coles
Find out more
Santa Cinema – SOLD OUT
Santa Cinema is a much-loved Christmas family tradition at Glendale City Centre. This year, families can watch Zootopia 2, Paw Patrol Christmas or SpongeBob after a Meet & Greet with Santa.
Sessions run over the three Saturdays on 6, 13 and 20 December as well as an Accessible session on Sunday 7 December. In the Accessible Santa Movie session, there will be Wheelchair access, reduced volume and dimmed lighting as well as Audio/Visual descriptive headsets available on request.
Get in quick – The tickets for Santa Cinema get snapped up fast. It’s a sensational price of $5 which also includes popcorn and a drink. It’s no wonder why Santa Cinema books out each year.
Date: Saturday 6, 13 and 20 December 2025 (Standard sessions) & Sunday 7 December (Accessible session)
Time: 9:30 arrival for a 10am start
Cost: $5 per person (parents please make sure to book a ticket for yourself to enjoy this fun-filled experience!) Popcorn and drink included in ticket price
Location: Event Cinemas Glendale
Bookings open on evening of Thursday 20 November
Community Choirs
Enjoy some Christmas tunes while you shop. Be entertained by The Brainwaves stroke survivors choir and The Unforgettables dementia choir.
Date: Friday 12 December & 18 December 2025
Time: 11am
Location: Outside Best & Less
Charity Gift Wrapping
Need your presents wrapped? Visit the Christmas gift wrapping station in partnership with the Mark Hughes Foundation.
Volunteers will wrap your presents in exchange for a donation to the Mark Hughes Foundation. For a gold coin donation, a friendly volunteer will beautifully wrap your gifts, saving you time and adding a touch of festive flair to your presents.
Date: 10 – 24 December 2025
Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm on Monday to Wednesday. 9:30am-6:30pm Thursdays, 9:30am – 3:30pm on Friday and 10am to 3pm on weekends.
Location: Outside Kmart
Win a Glendale City Centre Christmas Gift Card!
Thanks to our friends at Glendale City Centre, Newy with Kids is giving away 3 Glendale City Centre gift card to spend on your Christmas grocery shop! With Coles, Woolworths, and specialty food retailers all in one place, Glendale City Centre makes festive shopping easy.
There will be three prizes awarded.
- 1st Prize – $300 Glendale City Centre Gift Card
- 2 Runner-Up Prizes – $100 Glendale City Centre Gift Cards.
To enter, fill in the form below and answer in 30 words or less. Giveaway ends at midnight Friday 12 December 2025.
COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED AND WINNERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. Congratulations to Clare B, Smita R and Emily M.
What festive foods would you buy for your family Christmas lunch if you won a Glendale City Centre gift card?
Giveaway Terms and Conditions
- The name of the promotion is: Glendale City Centre Christmas Gift Card Giveaway
- The promoter is Newy with Kids in conjunction with Glendale City Centre
- The conditions of entry are: answer the question provided, one entry per person, contact details must be provided in the above entry form.
- Employees, immediate family members, retailers, suppliers, associated companies and agencies are not eligible to enter.
- The competition is open to Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter residents only.
- The giveaway will close at midnight (Newcastle NSW time) on Friday 12 December 2025. Entries submitted after this time will not be considered for the giveaway.
- This is a game of skill. The winner will be awarded based on the strength of their creative answer to the question “What festive foods would you buy for your family Christmas lunch if you won a Glendale City Centre gift card?”
- Judging will be done by Newy with Kids
- There will be three prizes awarded. 1st Prize – $300 Glendale City Centre Gift Card and 2 Runner-Up Prizes – $100 Glendale City Centre Gift Cards. Prizes will be in the form of a gift card which will need to be picked up at Glendale City Centre.
- The results of the giveaway will be published on this website on Monday 15 December 2025.
- Prizes are not redeemable for cash and are non-transferable. The total prize value of this pass is $500
- If for any reason beyond the Promoter’s control the agreed prize is not available a product of equal or greater value will be provided.