There will be an Advent Carol Service with the Peterborough Chamber Choir in St Michael’s Church, Great Gidding
Date: 7th December
Time: 6.00pm
DON’T MISS THIS YEAR’S CHRISTMAS FAIR – GREAT GIDDING VILLAGE HALL!
Sunday 7th December 11.00am – 4.00pm
Tea, Coffee, Mince Pies and Mulled Wine!
Crafts • tombola • gifts • handmade cards • skincare • fragrances • toys • games • leather goods • candles • knitted items …and much more!
Saturday 16th November 2024
The Village Hall from 11am to 3pm
coffee • mince pies • cakes • Christmas cards • jams preserves • mulled wine and many more gifts
FREE ENTRY
Sadly, it has been decided to CANCEL the Family Carol Service in St Michael’s Church, scheduled for this Saturday 18th December.
The decision was not taken lightly, but inevitable in the light of rapidly increasing COVID infections. We hope you understand the difficulty in making that decision but being safe came out as the top priority for our community.
Despite this, Merry Christmas everyone!
Why not send a Christmas card of the Giddings this year?
Giddings Christmas cards are now on sale in the Village Shop and include three beautiful aerial views of the Giddings in winter, four of St Michael’s Church beautiful stained glass windows, five magical scenes of Great Gidding in the snow and three warm and glowing Giddings church interiors.
There are 4 different sets of cards:
- Aerial views of the Giddings (3 different cards)
- Great Gidding in the snow (5 different cards)
- St Michael’s stained glass windows (4 different cards)
- Giddings church interiors (3 different cards)
Local Christmas cards – views of our beautiful villages 🙂
Sold as packs or as individual cards. Beautifully printed and gloss laminated, quality cards with envelopes. Blank inside.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Yes… only six days to go to the Gidding Christmas Cornucopia held at the Village Hall in Great Gidding this coming Saturday from 2.00pm to 5.00pm.
A wide variety of crafts and gifts – a great opportunity to start your Christmas shopping!
Why not have a peep at some of the magnificent ‘makers’ who will be exhibiting.
Cakes and coffee
And when you’re tired of shopping, take the weight off and treat yourself to a cuppa and a slice of cake in the Cornucopia Cafe.
Chance to win a Christmassy hamper
You can enter the raffle, too, with the chance to win a fantastic Christmassy hamper or try your luck on the tombola.It promises to be a really fun afternoon, with all Covid restrictions observed of course and the chance to catch up with friends and neighbours in a convivial atmosphere.
Cash only please!
And don’t forget, please bring cash or cheque to make your purchases.
See you there!
Things are hotting up as we get ready for the second Gidding Christmas Cornucopia which promises to live up to its name with a wide and varied range of craftspeople, offering different and unique goods.
There will be gorgeous woven willow animals, cards, ornaments, handmade pens, art, children’s craft, crochet, recycled furniture, hand painted silk scarves, felt brooches, storage bags, equestrian items, socks – everyone loves new socks at Christmas! – bird boxes (to ensure the Christmas robin has somewhere to stay,) and ceramics, almost all made locally.
And when you’re tired of shopping, take the weight off and treat yourself to a cuppa and a slice of cake in the Cornucopia Cafe. You can enter the raffle, too, with the chance to win a fantastic Christmassy hamper or try your luck on the tombola.
Covid restrictions observed
It promises to be a really fun afternoon, with all Covid restrictions observed of course and the chance to catch up with friends and neighbours in a convivial atmosphere.
So round up the family and get ready to tick all those presents off your Christmas list on Saturday 27 November from 2.00 to 5.00pm.
Cash is best
PS As we have such a poor signal in the Village Hall which makes online transactions hard to do, best bring cash or cheque to make your purchases.
Gidding Christmas Cornucopia, 2.00pm – 5.00pm Saturday November 27th 2021, Great Gidding Village Hall.
Mark your diaries – it’s time to start your Christmas shopping.
Entry is FREE and there’s going to be over 20 crafts and gifts stall holders and all are busy lovingly creating their products and preparing their wares ready for the 27th November. Here are just some of the beautiful items that will be on sale…
Enjoy cakes and coffee too!!
Christmas Cornucopia Café will be open all afternoon for delicious homemade cakes, coffee and tea.
Look forward to seeing you there!
A Service of Holy Communion will be held at St Michael’s Church, Great Gidding
If you wish to come to this service, can you please help us by informing John De Val of your intention to attend – this will be much appreciated.
You may either telephone him on 01832/293417 or email him
COVID requirements of masks, sanitizations, self distancing etc. will be followed.
Christmas this year will be unlike any previous Christmas. This also applies to Christmas celebrations in both our churches in the Giddings.
St Michael’s Church, Great Gidding
The Parochial Church Council explored the viability of a short Carol Service at St Michael’s, accepting the congregation would not be able to sing etc. We even found four people from outside the village to sing, socially distanced in the chancel. However, with the new COVID rules and Tier regulations, it was felt there were too many associated problems to ensure compliance with COVID rules, and keeping everyone (congregation and singers) safe.
There will be a Benefice Carol Service ‘online’ at 7pm on Christmas Eve. To join online please click on the benefice website: www.norleigh.org.uk
There will be no Midnight Communion on Christmas Eve this year. However there will be a short service of Holy Communion (no longer than thirty minutes) on Christmas Eve, to which you are all invited to celebrate the birth of Jesus. This service will start at the earlier time of 6.00pm.
If you wish to come to this service, can you please help us by informing John De Val of your intention to attend – this will be much appreciated.
You may either telephone him on 01832/293417 or email him
COVID requirements of masks, sanitizations, self distancing etc. will be followed.
Finally, the church will be CLOSED on Thursday morning (24th December) in order to meet the necessary safety regulations for our Christmas Eve service later in the day.
St John’s Church, Little Gidding
There will be no Carol Service at Little Gidding this year.
However it is planned to hold a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 27th December at 11am. However this is subject to completion of restoration work, and the appropriate Risk Assessment being carried out. Please check with the Gidding website nearer the time. Alternatively you can contact the churchwarden, John De Val (tel: 01832/293417).