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# Figures show city council spent more than £400 on Christmas cards
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/figures-show-city-council-spent-more-than-400-on-christmas-cards/
- Published: 2023-03-16T12:13:10.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-16T12:13:20.000Z
- Description: New accounts have revealed that a local council spent more than £400 on Christmas cards last year.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:01, News

Accounts have revealed that a local council spent more than £400 on Christmas cards last year.

The details were included in a list of Lichfield City Council payments made during December.

They show that Civic Christmas cards were printed up for the Mayor and Sheriff :

- Civic Christmas cards printing – £270
- Mayor’s Christmas cards printing – £108
- Sheriff’s Christmas cards printing – £30

The figures also show that civic leaders – who had [previously spent £720 on bottles of Sheriff’s Ale](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/figures-reveal-lichfield-city-council-spent-more-than-720-on-bottles-of-sheriffs-ale/) – purchased ingredients for alcoholic drinks at the Mayor’s carol concert.

The accounts show that £63.48 was spent from the civic allowance on wines with an additional £6.85 claimed for “sugar and spices for mulled wine”.

Other items purchased from the civic budget included £70 on tickets for the Sheriff to attend the Johnson Society Christmas dinner and £20 for the Mayor to attend a Palace Singers concert.

The latest spending by the city council was discussed [at a meeting on Monday](https://www.lichfield.gov.uk/%5FUserFiles/Files/%5FAgendas/143709-2023%5F03%5F13%5FLCC%5FAgenda%5F-%5Femail.pdf?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) (13th March).