Event Location: Oxhill

18:15 01/12/2024
to 18:15 24/10/2024

Oxhill Christmas Advent Windows

For the last few years, the community has been brought together on dark December nights by the opening of 1 ‘advent window’ each evening. It is a chance to see friends and neighbours at a time of year when we retreat into our homes. It also brightens up the village and gives it a real festive feeling.

We need at least 24 windows to be decorated and ‘opened’ each evening between the 1^st December and Christmas eve (with the exception of the few evenings when other events are organised). To ensure that everyone knows their date in good time to plan it would need to be organised by mid-October so I would need volunteers by mid-October to ensure that we have enough windows.

Some people offer mulled wine or similar and a few nibbles however, this is not compulsory and there is no pressure to do so, it is about the windows (or other decorations) and sharing the festive season. You can double up with a neighbour and share an evening if you would like.

If you google ‘advent windows’ or look at the Oxhill Community, Sulgrave or Helmdon village web sites you can find a wide range of ideas and ways people have decorated their windows elsewhere. There is no need to be religious or arty and there is no ‘theme’, the aim is for each window to be a surprise as it is revealed.

If you

· Live in a house that has a window that can be clearly seen from the road without people coming onto your property.

· Are happy to keep the window illuminated each evening after it is ‘opened’ until Christmas.

· Are interested in participating or are prepared to act as a standby in case we have problems recruiting enough people

Please let me know:

· Your name and address

· Your email address and preference you have about days and any dates that are not possible.

Please be aware that a list of addresses and dates will be available in the Oxhill News and on the notice board. No names or email addresses will be shared without your permission. I look forward to hearing from you. Please let me know by the 30th October.

Lis Stuart

07538 865 789

Lis.stuart@outlook.com