Our Christmas tree in church

Every year our local church, St.Petrocs, hold a Christmas tree festival during which all the schools and other organisations are invited to attend various events such as carol services to admire the 85 lit and decorated trees.
These trees are sponsored by local businesses, groups, etc and are seen by hundreds of folk.
On behalf of our allotment association, an application was made for us to have a tree. Despite putting this in 6 weeks late we were accepted. This meant on the 3rd and 4th of December the tree had to be decorated with seasonal items that illustrated our cause, the supplied lights were draped around them and a carol had to be suggested for a competition for the children to guess which one it was.
We placed a wicker basket at the foot of the tree filled with veg that will last the festival without rotting and this will be checked every few days and replenished if necessary. Even a vole is poking out from the basket, these little vegetarians are the bane of our life on the plots.

I have put 3 pictures on to show what our tree looked like once we'd finished and I think to sponsor a pretty tree like this is a good way of saying thank you to our creator for giving us the opportunity to enjoy our favourite pastime in such a lovely environment.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL !