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The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Gillingham, Dorset heading - with pictures of the congregation at worship, enjoying a coffee and looking at the bookstall and at lunch
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Christmas Tree Festival and Christmas Fair, 2006

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The winning entry
tree decorated with Angels
"Angel wishes"
part of tree with Angels in close-up
the children at St. Mary's School are all little angels!
the children receiving their certificate for winning from the Rector
receiving the certificate for winning from the Rector
The library's tree
a white tree with black and red decorations (ladybirds, puffins, pengins, and also bookworms and minature books)
the old ones are the best! (black and white and re(a)d from cover to cover)
enjoying a coffee in a quite moment
buying a cake for Christmas

St. Mary's Christmas tree festival

This was held on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th December. As many saw, the twenty-six trees provided a rich display of talent and ingenuity, the sponsors covering a wide age range. This festival was a "first" for St Mary's and our thanks must go to the organisers of this most successful event.

Donations were invited by each tree and a total of £528.25 was raised for Naomi House Children’s Hospice which covers the whole Wessex region. Mars Class at St Mary the Virgin Primary School was the winner with £54.78 in their pot. Their tree was decorated with angels dressed in white, each bearing the face of a pupil in the class.


The Christmas Fair

This was in the Vicarage Schoolroom on Saturday 9th December saw us blessed with a crisp sunny winter's day. Thanks to everyone who gave their support: to those who donated raffle prizes, made cakes, preserves and handicrafts and others who supplied the stalls with a variety of wares - and, of course, those who came to enjoy coffee and mince pies and to chat with their friends, and last but not least, the team of helpers who generously gave their time throughout the morning. £810.16 was raised for St Mary's church funds.

Santa at the Fair ...
Father Christmas reaching into his sack for presents for children at the Christmas Fair
... he also enjoyed the Christmas trees
A Piano Teacher's tree
a tree with minature instruments, musical notes etc.
with minature instruments
"GANG" tree
detail of tree - with pine cones, old man's beard, berries, leaves and birds (the latter being cardboard cut-outs)
the town's nature group decorated the tree using items from nature (click on pic to see whole tree)
Mothers' Union tree
tree on the theme of the Annunciation
on the theme of the Annunciation
Bellringers tree ...
tree covered with bells (naturally), also rope-like tinsel and a real rope at the base
... bells & ropes, what else!
a view with several trees


Slideshow

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