...and a visit to the Church of the English Martyrs at Horley, where the excellent parish priest Fr Ian Vane had invited me to speak on this subject. A cold evening, a warm welcome, and a good attendance. People enjoy exploring the calendar and how it works, discovering the allusions to Christmas in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, discussing origins of pub signs and nursery rhymes, learning about how the Advent wreath first came to Britain via the Lunn family and downhill skiing, and more...
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