...you're sure of a big surprise! Unless, that is, you are expecting dozens of people all erecting and decorating Christmas trees. Yes, it's the last couple of days before the start of the
Wroxham Benefice Christmas Tree Festival!!
I spent today at St Mary's Church in Wroxham helping with trees, taking photos, and drinking coffee. And chatting. Lots of chatting and getting to know the people in the various local organisations who have decorated a tree for the festival.
So, would you like a quick photo tour of day one of the putting-up-of-Christmas-trees?
Thought you might!
People brought lots of decorations for the trees. Some were traditional....
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| Baubles, baubles everywhere! |
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| Loving the light on this one! |
Others were...less so!
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| Cheeky little hedgehog... |
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| Everyone's a fruit and nut case? |
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| Now who do you think this might be? Clue - how many monkeys? |
We had the usual issues with the lights...
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| The lights work! |
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| Oh no they don't (Well it is panto season!) |
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| Oh yes they do! And even better, they're untangled! |
Trees, I discovered come in all shapes and sizes....
Well, at least until they are unboxed, unfurled, and ready to decorate! These did end up totally tree-like!
Local little people may recognise this next tree, but I'm not giving too much away, except to say -Twiggles make good bunting, don't they!
This also gives the clue to who is opening our Festival - have you guessed yet? One more clue....
Yes - Tom Blofeld, creator of Bewilderwood, is our guest on Friday November 28th for the preview evening and grand opening and will be taking charge of declaring our festival well and truly open. If you'd like to grab a ticket, contact Sarah 01692 630892, or Margaret 01603 783399 for further details.
I'd been so busy helping with various trees, that I'd totally lost track of how much had been happening around me. Want to see?
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| Blue Christmas? |
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| Last sight of our red altar frontal for this year, Advent starts on Sunday, so we've changed it for a purple one! |
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| Even the youngsters have created trees. |
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| I do love a smiley face! |
And we're not even half way there yet! Tomorrow a whole new set of trees arrive.
Do come along to the festival. I can't tell you how magical the church is looking. It quite took my breath away today, and we have so much more to come. The festival is open from November 29th until December 7th from 10.30 till 5.00. Tickets are £3.50, and £1 for children, and there will be a 'find and seek' type sheet for children to help them hunt around the trees and the church.
I've never seen this festival before, it being my first Christmas here, but I'm really excited by it, and looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible!
I think it's going to be a fantastic event, but if you want further assurance of that, here it is....
Do you see him? On the right? That's our seal of approval!
