Christmas Information, Fun & Trivia  2008

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The graphics used for this page  were free from the websites listed under  "Fun Christmas Websites"  below and are well worth a visit

• Important Village Information for the Holiday Period
   
  • Last posting dates for Xmas 
     
    • - Second Class - Thursday 18th December
    • - First Class - Saturday 20th December
       
    Electronic Xmas cards for those who missed the last posting date for Xmas
    I just love Santa's revenge.

   

  Refuse collection over the Xmas holiday.

  •  Green Bin collection.   Collection will be on Tuesday 30th Dec not Monday 29th
  •  Green Bin collection.   Collection will be on Tuesday 6th  Jan 09 not Monday 30th
  •  Black box recycling will be on Tuesday 30 Dec

• Church Services Hullavington Church:
   
  • - Sunday 21st Dec Carol Service 3pm
  • - Monday 22nd  Dec Compline 9pm
  • - Wednesday 24th Dec Midnight Holy Communion
  • - Xmas Day  25th All Age Service for Xmas day 11am
  • - Sunday 28th Dec Family Communion
     
• Mt Zion Church - Meets in Hullavington Village Hall:
   
  • - Sunday 21st Dec Carols by Candles Light 6pm

• Village Events. Check also the diary section
   
  • 
    Erection of the Village Christmas Tree Thursday 13th  Dec  See photos click HERE
     
  • Film Club Special Event Friday 19th Dec  Mama Mia. is the Xmas Film for this year.   Showing at Hullavington Village Hall on Friday 19th Dec.  Put on by Hullavington Film Club but all are welcome. Doors open 7pm for a 7:30pm prompt start. Click HERE for film preview 
     
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  •  Children's Crib Service at The Stable  at The Inn (Star) with Donkey

   

  • Christmas Holiday Ramble   Saturday 27 Dec from Hullavington  to Grittleton and return.  The uses some of our most picturesque footpaths and is a good way to work off some of the Xmas pud. So why not come alng. Meet outside The Star Inn for a 11am start.  Total distance is about 6.5 miles.  Bur  for  those not wishing to do the full distance, you can pre-place a car at Grittleton.  For more Information Contact Paul on 837096
    
     
• Christmas Fun & Trivia
   
  •  Boxing Day Trivia
     
  • Christmas Trivia 1.  Did you know that Santa Claus actually existed  and .... (More)
     
  • Christmas Trivia 2.  Did you know that according to a 1995 survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.  (more)
     
  •  Santa's Rave. Visit Santa's gig at the North Pole  (view)
  • Boxing Day Trivia
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    http://freenet-homepage.de/weihnachtsseiten/index.html
  • Christmas Poems:

    • The Ballad of Befana  (An Epiphany Legend) by Phyllis McGinley

    • Snow Flakes   by  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    • December  Waltz  by Ava M. Plover

    • In The Bleak Mid Winter   by

    • The Three Kings by Longfellow

    • The Oxen  by Thomas hardy
       

                      

  • Click on the reindeer above. It will take you to a fun site. You'll see a side bar on the left with a menu. Click on  "Reindeer Ruldolph 1, 2 or  3"   for a musical interlude. Activate each reindeer in the animated picture by clicking on it.

   

  •  Christmas funnies  (if you have any to donate please let us have them)
     

  •  How to say Merry Christmas in Different Languages
     

• Fun Christmas  websites:
   

  • http://www.eyegas.com/xmas05/     Specially for those who hate sprouts
     

  • http://our.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/MerryChristmas/funnies.html
     

  • http://www.wunderground.com/US/AK/North_Pole.html  (weather conditions for Santa at the North Pole
     

  • http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/fun/index.htm  (Xmas fun site)
     

  •  http://www.thecompassgroup.biz/merryxmas.swf
     

  • http://people.freenet.de/weihnachtsseiten/index.html

  

   

  • http://jsmagic.net/sceneindex/