We have been to several sessions of carol singing, with more still to come. We particularly enjoyed an evening of traditional carols that we went to in one of our churches last Saturday evening. Two local folk musicians played us carols from the 1800s on some very old instruments: violin, hurdy gurdy, flute and Scandinavian bagpipes. They also sang and it was stirring stuff which transported us right back to the time of Thomas Hardy and Under the Greenwood Tree. We regretted the fact that many of the old carols have gone out of circulation, as we would have preferred to sing them, rather than some of the Victorian classics that are rather hackneyed nowadays.
The church was beautifully decorated and we had a good look round in the interval, while enjoying a glass of mulled wine and, no less than game pie and mince pies.
The next morning we were back in the same church for our Sunday morning service. We love the tiny Christmas tree which is a real one, and bear sized. As Gio peered over to see what was in the crib we had the same experience as the Suffolk branch - that of discovering that the baby Jesus had already arrived - or was it a stunt double, standing in until Sunday?
We are all looking forward to our multi branch re-union over the Christmas break. I'm sure we'll have lots of fun and much to report on, but until then, we wish all our readers a happy and peaceful Christmas.
Lots of love, all at Bears Unlimited xxx
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Suffolk Branch likes the sound of the alternative carol service - hope the bears all sang along! Did any of you get a go on the hurry gurdy or the bag pipes - such fun! And game pies as well as mince pies. No wonder baby Jesus arrived early in Norfolk! He wouldn't have wanted to miss out on that!
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