For most of the last 22 years, we have held our Christmas Tree Festival. Anyone can have a tree – they have to supply the tree and decorations (to a theme they decide). You would be surprised at how inventive people can be and with about 40 trees each year that is quite a feat. You don’t pay to decorate a tree but visitors pay to come and look at them – a really spectacular sight and one which starts off the Christmas period wonderfully. The weekend ends with carols among the trees.Over the years this has raised over £30,000 while providing a lot of fun for both those making the trees and those viewing them.
We will be putting out information about how you could book a space for your own tree later in the year. Many are done by organisations in the village but others by individuals or families. Why not have a go this year?
To inspire you here are a few examples from the past.
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- The Tree of Knowledge
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- The Holy Tree
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- Blue Tree
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- Red & White
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- Angelic Tree
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- Angels
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- A Bare Tree
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- Butterfly Tree
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- Message Tree
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- Gingerbread