I recently asked friends on Facebook about Christmas traditions and got a great response. Some talked about Advent, including singing of the hymns “Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming” and “In the Bleak ...

CHILDREN lit candles and sang hymns during a family-friendly Christingle service at a local church. St John the Baptist Church in Crowle, near Worcester, hosted the traditional annual service, which ...

MORE than 50 children attended this year’s christingle afternoon at Crieff Parish Church. The youngsters took part in a variety of fun activities and were entertained by storyteller and puppeteer ...

A Christingle is a symbolic object that means ‘Christ’s light’. It consists of an orange with a candle held in its centre and a red ribbon around it. Four sticks holding fruit and nuts or sweets are ...