Joy to the World
This year’s Christmas Tree Festival at St John’s Church Boxmoor will follow the theme of “Joy to the World!” and we hope to bring a lot of Christmas joy to the community.
Our tree decorators will be certain to find ingenious ways of representing the theme with lots of colour and sparkle. If you feel you would like to get involved and sponsor/decorate a tree or help in any other way, please contact Jean Hammond (jeanandrob@live.co.uk) The indoor trees need sponsors and decorators, the outdoor trees need sponsoring but are not decorated. All trees are lit up to brighten the winter gloom!
The outdoor trees are free for viewing at any time – just walk past and enjoy them, especially when the daylight is fading! The admission fee to view the decorated indoor trees will be just £3 for adults and accompanied children enter free of charge. Please, do come along to support the festival when it opens in December and view the trees. Bring your families and friends too. It is a lovely way to kickstart your Christmas celebrations!
The Festival opens as usual on the Friday (13 December) and runs until the end of the following Tuesday. On the Saturday afternoon (14 December) there will be the usual Outdoor Carols Around the Trees, led by the Vicar, starting at 2 pm and ending with a visit from Santa with plenty of sweeties for all – both the young and the young at heart!
The Carols Around the Trees has become part of the annual Boxmoor calendar and is very popular, so do come along if you can and have a good old sing – the more the merrier – and you could pop inside to see the indoor trees before or after the carols! Hot Dogs and Glühwein (mulled wine) will be available from 1.45 to 3 pm on the Saturday. This is in addition to the usual refreshments served in the Hall.
We hope you have put the Festival dates (13 -17 December) firmly in your diaries and that you have told all your families and friends about it, so that everyone has the chance to come and enjoy the trees.
