Local Events - Part 8
Dec. 19th, 2022 05:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitYes, back in church again this month. Christingle services are very popular at this time of year, both in churches and in schools. For those who haven't come across them before, these are Christingles (photo taken from the church Facebook page):
We begin with an orange, which symbolises the world. The red ribbon (or sticky tape, which is easier to attach) stands for God's love around the world, the candle is the light of Christ (candles are very popular in churches) and the four cocktail sticks are the four seasons, which have small sweets and dried fruit attached, for the fruits of the earth.
We held our family Christingle on Saturday and had 15 children sitting in a semi-circle all carefully holding their Christingle with the candles lit and it was lovely. Technically the fifteen month old wasn't holding her Christingle, daddy had it for her - she'd also happily eaten all the sweets/dried fruit while the vicar talked about the Christingle.
Yesterday was our family carol service (carol services being another great tradition in England), although ours wasn't quite as traditional as some.
We begin with an orange, which symbolises the world. The red ribbon (or sticky tape, which is easier to attach) stands for God's love around the world, the candle is the light of Christ (candles are very popular in churches) and the four cocktail sticks are the four seasons, which have small sweets and dried fruit attached, for the fruits of the earth.
We held our family Christingle on Saturday and had 15 children sitting in a semi-circle all carefully holding their Christingle with the candles lit and it was lovely. Technically the fifteen month old wasn't holding her Christingle, daddy had it for her - she'd also happily eaten all the sweets/dried fruit while the vicar talked about the Christingle.
Yesterday was our family carol service (carol services being another great tradition in England), although ours wasn't quite as traditional as some.
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Date: 2022-12-21 10:02 pm (UTC)I will most certainly say a prayer for you over Christmas.