Another Non-event Courtesy Of Covid!

[addicted]

Our small Fenland town is well known in East Anglia for putting on an enviable display of Christrmas Lights. Round about the 2nd Sunday in October a group of volunteers appears with ladders and a cherry picker and the installaion of all sorts of really beautiful  and elaborate decorations  attached to most buildings  on the Hjgh Street takes place over the next few Sundays and the great switch on  happens on the last Saturday in November.  Saturday morning sees trading take place as usual  but by early afternoon the High Street and streets leading off it having been closed to traffic at lunchtime are now filled with all the paraphernalia of a funfair. the switch - on is carried out by a "personality" and the whole thing is an event greatly looked forward to and enjoyed by all - especially the local children for whom it is  a very exciting event. This morning we walked into town to get our papers as usual  and there were the "lighting team"  making sure all the lights were working correctly,  nothing new there however what follolwed couldn't have been more different. No big switching on ceremony. this was being done in a location being kept top secret so that no crowd could attend and of course no fun fair. But at least we have our lights as usual - so all is not lost.

 

Carole

[grendel]

we had the announcement at work that decorations were a no no this year as they were impossible to be cleaned to the current covid standards, so no trees or baubles in the office, no tinsel or mistletoe to brighten up things, and no christmas party get together this year. instead we have been encouraged to dress ourselves up in a festive manner - now where did i put the beard baubles.

[ExSurveyor]

Thursday was supposed to be a group of us getting together to construct Santa's sleigh for the local Rotary club. This started 10 years ago as they were getting on a bit in years, now we are as well.

The sleigh is normally towed by Rotary around the towns and raises thousands each year, sadly not this year due to restrictions. They felt unable to do static collections either, virtually impossible to get permits this late in the year and most are in a vulnerable category.

 

[Hylander]

Here near to Beccles the Rotary Club always came round with Santa.  Even in my 70s I just used to love seeing Santa waiving and the lovely music, albeit, deafening at times, playing Christmas tunes.