22 December on the a special request from my nearly-10yo, it’s the Bunny vs Monkey series, by . Every book includes a (hilarious!) episode! 🐰🙊 (by the way, I may now be craving mince pies with a cherry on top!!!)
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20 December on the “The Snow Queen”, by Hans Christian Andersen, often published and illustrated as a standalone book. An absolute classic! Art: Vladyslav Yerko, Honor C. Appleton, Edmund Dulac, H.J. Ford ❄️🫅

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19 December on the an earlier “true story” of Santa Claus, this time by L. Frank Baum, author of the Oz books (illustr. Mary Cowles Clark). It follows Santa’s story from a foundling at the Forest of Burzee, to the Laughing Valley and old age.

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18 December on the 's A Boy Called Christmas, "the true story of Father Christmas", as per the first line of a story full of snow, elves, adventure, and an 11yo boy called Nikolas who believes in magic! My 10yo absolutely adored this one!

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15 December on the ’s The Tailor of Gloucester, in which a host of grateful mice help a poor tailor (who saved them from his cat!) finish a jacket + vest for the Mayor of Gloucester, who is to be married on Day! 🐁🎄🧵🪡❄️🐈‍⬛

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12 December on the a Dickensian Christmas story (NOT A Christmas Carol!) with an unexpected link: “The Story of the Goblins who stole a Sexton”, chapter 29 of The Pickwick Papers (https://t.co/NoLMKF80R1).
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Day 7 of NFT calendar advent:

"Winter Solstice" by
"May the darkest day bring you hope and light for the future." - Love this! 🌟

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6 December on the Julia Donaldson’s + Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man! A great one to read leading up to as the story starts in the spring and ends on Christmas Eve! Follow the adventures of Stick Man trying to return to his Family Tree! 🎄🎅

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Already had some watercolors from this artist, so I was very pleased to receive, on day 2 of NFT caledar advent:

"Basset" by

What an amazing ride!


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3 December on the ’s The Clockwork Crow. A beautiful Gothic story, featuring a feisty Victorian orphan girl, a lost boy, a haunting manor, scary Welsh fairies (the plenty of snow, all coming together at Christmas!
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Day 3 of Let's go way back to 2014 and what I think was the first indie book I ever read. It's now a whole epic saga with book 18 coming out soon. (At least I think it's 18? Seriously, 18 books?! Holy shit!)
I've enjoyed coming along for the ride all the way.

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2 December on the Winter gatherings and celebrations at Brambly Hedge! (Yes, that’s a prime example of miniature fantasy, what my next book is about!)
More on the Brambly Hedge books here: https://t.co/M5gG8I4i1f

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Sunday 6 November 3rd before Advent: “I know that my Redeemer lives”

09.30 at St Mary’s

11.30 at Christ Church

17.00 Evening Worship on Zoom

18.30 Choral St Mary’s

All welcome

Image: William Blake: the Lord & Job

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Spooky Advent: Diorama of Doom 🪲🧃
13 ̷l̷u̷c̷k̷y̷ unlucky random folks will lose their heads!

🪦 Free & open to all followers; comment w/your OC's ref & the headstones' engravings will be revealed day by day throughout the 13 days leading up to Halloween!🎃

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We're up to day 25 of Military Intelligence Files: Land, Sea & Air, 1938-1974 is today's archive. This contains intelligence reports from the British armed forces during the Second World War and the Cold War. https://t.co/xOUCcwXFKg

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