On the 16th of December…. my first ever nativity set, bought on a trip to London over 20 years ago. I've always loved it's simplicity and child friendly too – all of our kids enjoyed playing with it. I didn't realise at the time that it would be the first of many nativities!

This afternoon our kids spent the afternoon at our church learning about the Funky Fish Youth Cafe project in Cork. They baked buns, decorated fish and played all sorts of games including a variation of “Duck, duck, goose!” called “Fish, fish, shark!”. Later in the afternoon the parents and other members of our church were…