Hello booklovers, Advent is flying past and it isn’t long until the festivities can truly begin. I do hope you have been enjoying our festival Advent calendar and that it has been adding an extra bit of festiveness to each passing day. Day 17 on our Advent calendar comes from local business proprieter John, who […]

Hello booklovers, I hope you enjoyed our first installment of William’s take on the carol ‘Good King Wenceslas’ as much as I did. As promised, the conclusion to the tale if our offering behind today’s Advent door. Enjoy! William writes… “Brother, it is good to see you on this cold night.” Wenceslas tried to look […]

Hello booklovers, I get the lovely job of picking the festive song for our Advent calendar today. In true mellow and festive fashion, I have picked ‘The Christmas Song’, one of my all time favourites which never fails to cultivate that warm Christmas feeling. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your […]

Hello booklovers, I hope you are feeling suitably festive as we draw closer and closer to Christmas day! Today’s musical choice comes from our wonderful committee member Jez, who recalls a tune from her childhood Christmases, ‘In Dulce Jubilo’. Jez writes… ‘The hymn I have chosen is In Dulce Jubilo.  It was my favourite when […]

Hello booklovers, I can’t believe we are half way through Advent already. Today’s festive tune comes courtesy of Anna, who you may recognise as the author of advent door number 5, Paul McCartney’s ‘Pipe’s of Peace’. Anna has selected ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’, with words by Bishop Phillips Brooks and music arranged by Ralph […]

Hello booklovers, The 11th advent door holds a much loved festive tune, paired with a poignant message thanks to Mike, newcomer to the festival. Mike writes… ‘Let’s face it, the real hero of the festive period isn’t Santa Claus, it’s Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Without that slightly mutated young buck jumping to the rescue […]

Hello booklovers, I don’t know about you, but I have really been enjoying the contributions from our lovely volunteers and committee members over the past week or so. Today it’s over to me to pick your carol for today and I have selected ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’. Hark the herald angels sing, glory to […]

Hello booklovers! The moment you have been waiting for has arrived – the conclusion to Hattie’s wonderful piece all about ‘When Santa got Stuck up the Chimney’. Hattie touches on a childhood scene which I think we could all relate to at some point in our school days! Hattie writes… ‘When Santa Got Stuck Up […]

Hello booklovers, We have had a whole week of our advent celebrations so far – time is flying by! To mark a whole week of opening calendar doors, we present to you our first ever ‘carol a day’ two parter! Bringing us this fascinating facsimile of the story behind everyone’s favourite childhood classic ‘When Santa […]