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Date: 28 December 2010 17:31:36
The one thing about being involved in my church is that Advent was guaranteed to be busy, especially as we managed to fit the Crib service on Christmas Eve, and a Christingle service as well, earlier in December! The carol service was cancelled due to the weather, as well as one of our carol singing expeditions. We did do some singing at a local supermarket on the weekend before Christmas though! We raised £180! Also each parish has to pay its quota to the Church of England. Each church within each parish pays its share, depending on the size. We have struggled to pay our share for several years, but this time we paid it without any problems! Woo hoo! If you don't know what a Christingle is, the tradition dated from 1747 in the Moravian church. check out the Children Society website for more info; http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/. Just in case you were wondering the services went really well, with my friend dressed up as a human Christingle in that service, and me playing a stressed cook in a busy Bethlehem inn, during the crib service.
Christmas Day itself was lovely, with many surprises as ever. You can guarantee that if I see something I like and think to myself "no - that's too expensive", my parents will present me with the exact same item on Christmas Day. Last year and this year, it was necklaces. I've got a black maxi dress which is very flattering considering how big and fat I am. I love the style, and knew there were other colours available. Dad bought mum the green one (I'm jealous) but couldn't get it in my size (You see why I'm jealous!). On Christmas Day he presented me with a red one! Woo Hoo! (I'd still like the green one though...good grief! how shallow I can be sometimes). I had lots of presents, because I have lovely, generous friends and colleagues. Went shopping today and spent a book token, given to me by my aunt, uncle and cousins. I do like shopping, though I prefer it if its for other people. Buying for myself I find difficult, always.