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Did you know that it is a family in Wiltshire, the Parkers, who claim to own the world’s oldest artificial Christmas tree?  It was bought in 1886, and is still put up every year.

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The laws about Christmas Three simple tips for staying argument free this Christmas Beware junk food driving Be kind to your neighbour Those unwanted gifts Are you tired? How many trees are enough? Buy them books Battle of the thermostat Be kind Make it 7,000 Spending at Christmas ** Editor:  by David Pickup, a solicitor....

No one is really sure, but a story is told of St Nicholas, a bishop who lived in the 4th century, who may have started the custom by accident.  St Nicholas was of a wealthy family, and of a generous heart.  As Christmas approached one year, he wanted to help a poor family whom he...

Did you know that the word ‘mistletoe’ means dung on a tree?  The Anglo-Saxons thought that mistletoe grew in trees where birds had left their droppings.  Mistel means dung, and tan means twig.

And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. Luke 2:7 Bethlehem was busy that first Christmas. This year Christmas Day is on a Saturday, and we get two Bank Holidays on the Monday and...

“Now that Christmas is approaching, many families are worrying that by then, they won’t even be able to provide a home or food for their children.” – The words of a Lebanese Christian leader. Lebanon’s crippled economy has reached such a low point that state-supplied electricity has dwindled to almost zero, so that extended blackouts...

Church launches consultation on plans to get to net zero carbon in just nine years First meeting of the new General Synod Churches awarded £6m in latest Cultural Recovery Fund grants for major works Church Commissioners “excellent” in private equity and venture capital ESG Landmark New TPI Global Climate Transition Centre to be created Daily...

For many of us, the lure of a ‘perfect’ Christmas lurks in our subconscious. Advertisers play into this desire for serving the best food, the home looking super cosy and festive and everyone wonderfully ‘suited and booted’. The reality of Christmas is, of course, always different. It often involves anxiety, tensions and arguments in between...

The recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake and Tropical Depression Grace that hit Haiti (in August) left 2,189 people dead, with a further 12,200 injured, and at least 129,000 homes either damaged or completely destroyed. Following the disaster, All We Can and the Methodist Church in Britain launched an appeal to support those affected. They have sent...

There are two early stories that mention fir trees.  The first involves St Boniface, who went to Germany in the 8th century as a missionary and found people sacrificing a child to their god under an oak tree.  Boniface was appalled, and rescued the child. He then chopped down the oak tree and found a...

If you are out on the roads this month, beware: drivers who eat fast food may increase their risk of crashing cars. That is the finding of a recent study into the effects of what happens to drivers when they eat snacks high in sugar and fats. Such foods were found to cause drivers to...