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This morning, while our daughters had their last half day of school, my son and I did some baking flat pack assembly from Ikea! We both had lots of fun, and made a bit of a mess, but were proud of our results. This is the first time we had decorated a gingerbread house, and…
Crackers are an inevitable traditional part of Christmas Dinners here. It was only since joining “blog land” that I realised that crackers are not known much beyond the UK, Ireland and Commonwealth countries! For those who aren’t familiar with them – a cracker is usually at your place setting at the Christmas Dinner table, and…
Along with my collection of nativities (and more here), I also have a small but growing collection of nesting Christmas decorations. Can’t remember which set was first – maybe the largest set of 7 Santas. But this has been my most recent one (a half price bargin in Tescos!) My son particularily enjoys playing with…
Today was “Carol Service Sunday” – in the morning we had the Sunday School Carol Service – with probably over 100 kids taking part. The youngest 2 classes performed the Nativity With the inevitable cute sheep, cows, angels, wise men, shepherds, inn keeper, Mary, Joseph and of course featuring Baby Jesus. Our son was one…
Today we took our 7 year old to Kings Hall in Belfast to the Bethlehem Experience. We had heard great reports about it, and weren’t disappointed. It gave us a glimpse of life in Bethlehem at the time of Christ’s birth. It was a totally free event, organised by Christchurch, Belfast “Walk the streets, meet…
Today I am sharing yet another Christmas nativity (regular readers know I have a passion and rather large collection of nativities) here in N Ireland. Not sure when or where I bought this one, but I love it. I love the sense of amazement and wonder in their faces And also the simplicity of the…
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