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The Carols Christmas Service - 10/12/23

Lost and Found Have you ever lost something? Where’s my keys? video clip.  Lost Meaning of Christmas! I’ve lost things loads of times! I wonder too if we have lost something of the meaning of Christmas. I love Christmas I love it so much I live everyday as Christmas Day. It’s not about the presents or the size of the gifts, it’s about the joy that comes with it.  People will talk about Christmas spirit - what we mean is being nice to each other, based on the biblical phrase: Luke 2:14: “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favour rests.” Maybe there’s a bit of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in our meaning of Christmas spirit too: Narrator: Every man among them hummed a Christmas tune, or had a Christmas thought, or spoke below his breath to his companion of some by-gone Christmas Day, with homeward hopes belonging to it. And every man on board… had a kinder word for one another on that day than on any day in the year… To be honest, sometimes i

The Unwanted Gift

Don't you just love Christmas? Only God would have thought of sending Jesus! I have been doing some research and there are several 'must have' gifts this year: Various pictures of weird gifts to give this year.
 
Clothing - Sandal socks - answers the question of whether to wear socks with your sandals men!  Craft Kit - struggling with facial hair growth, knit your own moustache.  Cooking  - fed up with stirring your Pot Noodle (students), you can get your own branded automatic Po  Noodle stirring fork. Clothing - cold hands? Why not get some Handerpants - underpants for hands! Celebrity/Politics - for the person who has everything, the Nigel Farage 2024 Calendar.  Book - How To Tell If Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You.  Gadget - Snot Separator (egg white separator shaped like a man’s nose). I’m not sure if you’ve ever had a weird gift but there are three gifts that have proven timeless. We still talk about them today.
 
Matthew 2:1-11: After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in J