Children thrilled to see Christmas tree collection in Stratford church
TREES of all shapes and sizes were on display at the United Reformed Church in Stratford including one which was called the Colombian Christmas Tree.
There’s always a warm welcome over tea and cake at the annual festival with various themes included in the creative designs like Katie’s Hungarian tree, there was a tree to celebrate the coronation of King Charles, a poppy tree, a partridge in a prayer tree and the Colombian Christmas tree which was made to welcome the arrival of the Alvarez family to Stratford and included a recipe on how to make pandebono – Colombian cheese bread.
The Heart of England Wood Turners had bowls and trinket boxes for sale and Father Christmas arrived which thrilled young children as he also handed them an early Christmas present.
The winning tree was the one created by Rise & Shine; a natural voice network choir who meet in the church weekly to sing for pleasure. The tree was said to be “joyous” by several people.
In second place was Alcester Cafe, who support families experiencing dementia and in third place Street Arts who support people experiencing housing problems, mental health and addiction issues by encouraging the writing and performing of music and poetry.
