Jesus Christ came into the world

A lovely Christmas Day albeit a loud and busy one.

The bustle of 9 of us on Christmas morning - it is a total delight to have Ben with us this year - and the practicalities of present opening, vegetable preparing, church timing and packing up for a few days, did not diminish the joy of celebrating Jesus birth together - first as a church family, and then as a family ...

We are a bubbly group of 22 and the home of my sister and brother-in-law is a Vicarage nicknamed ‘Downton’ because it’s so huge.

And it’s beautifully decorated by my creative arty brother-in-law.