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Christmas Meal – see if you can squeeze another place at the table for a lonely person.

Present swapping evening to cheer up post Christmas dark evenings.

When the Wise Men visited Bethlehem they came bringing pressies! The Church celebrates this event on 6th January and calls it Epiphany.

This is often a flat time after the festivities have all died down so why not gather everyone together and each bring a gift to put in a sack and take home a different one.

This doesn’t have to cost anything in post Christmas hard-up times. You just know that everytone will bring an unwanted Christmas present – and what you didn’t really want might be someone else’s dream gift. And of course you can all eat leftovers!

So plan your Epiphany Party now and gather your Wise Men or women. Burn Frankincese and Myhrr essential oils just for good measure – pure Gold!!!!

How about creating your on Carol Service in a local pub or a Residential home for the elderly. Find out when a carol service will be on air and give out carol sheets so people can join in with the singing. NOt everyone can get to church – or would want to go – so take the celebrations to them.

You could even do it just with your neighbours and offer mince pies and mulled wine.

Your house -making holly wreaths and discussing plans for Christmas