A Christchurch man’s plan to decorate the city’s road cones for Christmas has gone viral.

The orange road cone has become somewhat symbolic of the new existence of quake-rattled residents.

Local man Henry Sunderland says he posted the idea of everyone adding some festive decorations to the traffic cones on Facebook.

“I know of at least 12, 13, 14 locations now where Santa hats are popping up, where there’s flowers have been painted… I can see them at the beginning of Sumner,” he says.

Henry Sunderland says it’s just a little bit of tongue in cheek rebellion for a city that’s had a pretty horrible year.
 

– Amanda South, NewstalkZB