Christmas comes early at City Church

Christmas comes early at City Church

Gorgeous decorations on sale at Fair Do's

For some it's the John Lewis advert. For other's it's the Coca-Cola truck. But for me, the Christmas countdown well and truly starts with the annual City Church festive evening at Fair Do's.

Now, before you raise your eyebrows and mutter "Christmas is not about adverts and consumerism" I am, of course, joking! I'm a traditionalist when it comes to Crimbo...erm, I mean Christmas. Decorations go up 12 days before and come down 12 days after. Discussions about Christmas begin in my house the same the first advent calendar door is opened. And I rarely watch live television so I easily avoid the emotionally manipulative spend-money-you-don't-really-have-and-show-your-loved-ones-you-care Christmas adverts.

Which one you forgot the festive cheer?

Having said that, I do allow myself a spot of early Xmas Christmas shopping at the annual fair trade festive knees up at Fair Do's. 

Between 1700 and 2000, members of City Church pop along to the fair trade shop in Canton for an evening of shopping and socialising. It's always a very pleasant evening that often include wine. Although, this year someone forgot to bring the booze! I suspect they won't be given that particular task next year!

I'm delighted to report that a booze-free evening didn't impact on the good times. As always, it's lovely to catch up with people you only see once a week in the pews. Which is why it is important to make the effort and attend. A church community is more than once a week worship and at City Church, we strive to be a community community throughout the week. 

I did manage to purchase a few Christmas presents on the evening but perhaps not as many as previous years when a drop of the good stuff was readily available! I also discovered that fair trade quinoa is much cheaper at Fair Do's than it is at a nearby Asda! Just goes to show that shopping locally can save you money as well as supporting small businesses! 

I'll be doing more of that this Christmas.

Until next time,

Best wishes,
Matt the Elder

Ps - apologies for so few blog posts recently. Normal service shall now resume.