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    Christmas Tree Celebration

    As it’s Christmas Day tomorrow, I thought I’d publish this weeks blog a day early – I thought you might all be a bit busy tomorrow! Let me start by saying a very happy Christmas to one and all!  I thought we’d get into the Christmas spirit with some Christmas trees. Local Christmas Tree Festival We are lucky enough to have had another Christmas tree festival at our local church.  As I’ve mentioned before it used to be held inside the church, but Covid moved it outside and that’s where it’s stayed. It’s so much more atmospheric in the churchyard and the frost just added to it. Although we didn’t…

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    Christmas Tree Festival

    On this Boxing Day, I thought I’d share our local churches Christmas tree festival with you. As I’m afraid it’s a bit cold and damp for actual gardening. The festival is one of the few things, to have been improved by the terrible worldwide pandemic we find ourselves living through. It’s previously been held inside the church. But last year as we descended into another wave of covid, it was held outside in the churchyard. It meant we got lights on the Christmas trees for the first time. There was a truly magical feel walking around the churchyard, with all of the colourful trees lighting your way through the ancient…