Monthly Archives: December 2011

Christmas Tree Festival

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Christmas Tree Festival
Thanks to Jan of the Literary Teapot Blog for this report …

As well as trees from groups such as the Scouts, Guides and Messy Church, there were trees from Abingdon Carbon Cutters, Abingdon Writers, Frend the jewellers (not real jewels, unfortunately) and Rosie’s tea shop (decorated with salt dough teapots!) There was also a prayer tree where people wrote on cards the names of people they would like the church to pray for.
Christmas Tree Festival
All this support was very welcome and the result was wonderful: we raised over £500 for Oxford Homeless Pathways, and John Lewis High Wycombe generously added another £100.

Christmas Lights in Abingdon – North of Ock 2011

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Following on from a video showing Christmas Lights south of the River Ock, here is a video with some of the lights north of the Ock, excluding the town centre.

The music this time is In the Bleak Mid Winter taken from an album called Bluegrass Christmas by the Kentucky All Stars. I got round nearly half of Abingdon north of the Ock, and found some hidden gems.
Christmas Lights
The video ends with a window in East St Helen Street.

2 shots before that is Bob the Snowman in our window in West St Helen Street. Bob came from the Lewis Baker shop where he had a leading role in their Christmas 2010 window display.

Advent Crown and Nativity Tableaus

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Advent Crown
At Trinity this morning the fourth candle on the Advent Crown was lit.  The last candle will be lit on Christmas Day.

Nativity Scene
I see in the window of Sue Ryder that there is a display with Baby Jesus in the manger.

Schools have already finished for Christmas, and last week a lot of schools will have performed nativity plays. The Abingdon Herald often has a spread of nativity pictures from all the different primary schools.
Nativity Scene
On the Market Place yesterday the Church in Abingdon offered children and animals the chance to have their picture taken as part of the nativity scene.