Advent Begins: Countdown to Christmas – 1 December 2011
Unbelievably, it’s the first day of the last month of the year, which means that Christmas is just around the corner. As ever, we’ve an Advent candle and a chocolate Advent calendar in the...
Unbelievably, it’s the first day of the last month of the year, which means that Christmas is just around the corner. As ever, we’ve an Advent candle and a chocolate Advent calendar in the...
Christmas / Christmas 2011 / Christmas Traditions / Photos / Today / Video
Scroll down or click here for my video of the event. As is traditional in towns and cities across the UK, today saw Maidenhead’s annual Christmas Lights Switch-On event take place in front of...
Last night, I watched the very last ‘performance’ of our Christmas Lights’ 2010/11 run, and attempted to take a few photos for the records. I did not, though, have the time to film and...
Christmas / Current Events / Photos / Today
Friends, today is Epiphany, a day which commemorates the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the presence of the Magi. It is the last of the 12 days of Christmas, and consequently –...
It’s New Year’s Eve, so today I’m taking a look back over 2010 and all of the things we Burdetts got up to in the last 12 months. Back on 1 January, the world...
Hello! That’s it. The big day’s over. Of course, officially Christmas is only just beginning: the twelve days of Christmas run from 26 December to 5 January (Twelfth Day). In the Russian Orthodox Church,...
This year, Father Christmas has been very kind to me, buying me a new camcorder. After exactly three years of loyal service, getting through more than 100 MiniDV tapes, my trusty Sony DCR-HC27 is...
Good morning and happy Christmas, blogmates! I thought I’d post a photo of a traditional crib scene – this one was taken at last night’s Christingle service at St Luke’s, and reminds us all...
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