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ISSUE 151 December 2021

WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO US

THE ROBIN THE LEGEND CHOOSING YOUR PERFECT REAL TREE

FUNDRAISING SUCCESS YAXLEY CHRISTMAS RIDE FESTIVE FOOD GIFT GUIDE

Merry Christmas

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contents yaxley hub 4 4 4 5 6 6 7

Fundraising Success Yaxley Christmas Ride Lakeside Healthcare Local Community Police Update Holme WI Yaxley Library Yaxley Carpets - It's Arrived

second nature 9 9 9

The Robin - The Legend Lovely Lichens Wildlife Photography Competition 2022

top job 10 10

Tristar Global Vacancies Funnel Boost Vacancies

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What Christmas Means to Us

village farm 21

Ewe Can Have Too Much of a Good Thing

yaxley yuletide

Tis the season to be jolly!

It’s the countdown to Christmas, time to eat, drink and be merry. I am looking forward to spending it with my family and friends this year, after last year's Christmas I will be going overboard, so, Christmas check list: Christmas tree, at least three! Decorations, lights, wine, food, gifts, Christmas games – sorted, actually I haven't got anything organised yet, but I will.......

good GAZETTEfood GUIDES festive food 12 12 13

The Perfect Cheeseboard Fruit & Nut Bake Feeding a Crowd at Christmas

the perfect christmas tree 15

Pine for Perfection

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Hampton Hobbies and Games Phoenix Gallery hapi hemp CBD Wildlife Training Workshops Trains 4 U

Christmas can be a lonely time for some people, so let’s make sure that we all wish each other a Merry Christmas, show kindness, spread the laughter and joy and if you have a lonely neighbour why not offer to drop in and even take them some Christmas dinner?

Don’t forget that Peterborough Christmas Trees is open now, for your perfect tree. See pages 14 and 15.

Merry Christmas, love and best wishes ...

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Peterborough Cathedral Nene Park Fourfields School Sawtry Chorale

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'Wishing one and all a Happy Christmas and a New Year filled with love and hope in these uncertain times.'

Brenda and Archie - from Stilton

Christmas with St. Peter's Church Yaxley Methodist Chapel Favourite Christmas Carols

Contact usM: 07949 456045

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Useful Contacts Churches St Peter’s Church Rev Sarah Hare - yaxleyvicar@gmail.com 01733 248690 / 07498230858 Laura Ashley lauraashley@saintpeters.co.uk 07939 449 255 Yaxley Methodist Chapel - Main Street Rev Vivienne Smith vivienne.smith@methodist.org.uk / 01733 259 631 Defibs 07534 195 326 glsaunders@hotmail.co.uk District Council - Huntingdon DC

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Doctors (Yaxley)

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Foodbank foodbank@saintpeters.co.uk

07579 825 798

Library (Yaxley)

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Parish Council (Yaxley)

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Pet Nutrition Adviser David Sanders LCGI MinstLM

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Yaxley & Farcet Covid Support Network 01733 794 513 Peterborough City Hospital

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NHS Direct call (or visit www.111.nhs.uk) 111 Anglian Water

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Station Bridge Vets North Hunts Community Car Scheme

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Claypole Funeral Directors, Main Street PE7 3LZ Co-op, Bentley Avenue PE7 3ZT Duck & Drake Main Street Yaxley PE7 3LY Farcet Club, 1 Cross St, Farcet PE7 3DE Farcet Post Office, Main Street PE7 3DB Farcet Primary School, St Mary’s Street PE7 3AR Fen View Museum, Peterborough Rd, Farcet PE7 3AZ 18 Ferndale Yaxley PE7 3ZW Holme Village Hall, Short Drove Holme PE7 3PA Lakeside Healthcare, Landsdowne Road PE7 3JL Locks and Shades, 39 Mere View Industrial Estate , Yaxley PE7 3HS Printers, 90A Peterborough Road, Farcet PE7 3BN Queens Park Pavillion (not 24hr defibrillator), Daimler Ave, Yaxley PE7 3AU Rec Pavilion, Middleton's Road, Yaxley PE7 3LR The Farmers, Broadway, Yaxley, PE7 3NT The Old Cemetery, Farcet PE7 3AY The Royal British Legion, 210 Broadway, Peterborough PE7 3NR Yaxley Fire Station, Main Street, Yaxley PE7 3LB COVID-19 NOTICE: All advertisers in this magazine are complying with Government COVID-19 regulations and recommendations.

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FUNDRAISING SUCCESS In October, with my mum Liz and mother-in-law Hilary, we held a successful coffee morning in aid of Macmillan cancer support and Maggie’s Cancer Support at St B’s Hall.

Yaxley did us proud supporting this event and we really enjoyed welcoming everyone who came along. There was a lovely atmosphere as visitors enjoyed delicious cakes and refreshments, played games, had a go on the tombola, entered the raffle and bought gifts at the handmade gift, Bodyshop and Usborne stalls. We were extremely lucky with the weather and visitors were able to enjoy chatting and catching up both inside and outside.

On Sunday, the remaining cakes were sold on a stall outside my house, this was very well supported too and we sold out. We have also been selling secondhand books and continue to sell the handmade gifts, all in aid of the charities.

On Monday I delivered all the raffle and game prizes to all the lucky winners. Marlene was over the moon to win first prize of a beautiful

handmade quilt made by my very talented Susan Bartlett. Jessica was super excited to win the jar of sweets in the 'guess how many sweets are in the jar game' with an incredible guess only three sweets away from the correct quantity.

We would like to say a massive 'thank you' to all those who came along to support the event. A special thanks goes to Emma, Jo, Abi and Michelle for helping to set up and run the stalls and our families and other friends who helped with everything from putting up posters to baking cakes. Big thanks to Vicky at St B’s who kindly allowed us to use the hall free of charge in support of Macmillan and Maggie’s and Justine at Yaxley Gazette for support us in promoting the event.

YAXLEY CHRISTMAS RIDE Santa will be joining the Yaxley Firefighters again this year to spread the festive spirit. As always, this is to help raise money for The Firefighters' Charity.

They will be travelling round the village from Monday 13 through to Thursday 16 December.

If you would like to access their live tracker and information closer to the time, please follow the 'Yaxley Community Fire & Rescue Station' Facebook page.

Next year will mark the 50th year of the Station’s Christmas tradition. To make it extra special, they have asked for donations of any unwanted workable Christmas lights. If you have any to spare that are no longer required, please contact them via Facebook.

We are extremely pleased to announce that our current total is over £1200!!

Please contact me: louiseandchriswootton@talktalk.net if you’d like to buy any of the remaining gifts, great for Christmas presents!

Thank you all again for your support in rai sing vital funds for thes e amazing charities.

Louise

HEALTH & WELLBEING COACH The Health and Wellbeing Service we are offering at the Yaxley practice has developed very well since its initial first few months. As a Health and Wellbeing coach, we work around what’s important to you and what matters to you. We aim to support you in finding ways to incorporate daily healthy lifestyle changes, giving advice on matters such as managing long-term conditions, exercise, nutrition, stress and sleep. We can also connect you with more community services within the area to further benefit your health and wellbeing.

To arrange and appointment with your Health and Wellbeing Coach please contact your GP practice team or send a request for an appointment via Engage Consult https://engage.gp/1082/#/portal The Doctors and Staff wish you all a very Happy, Safe and Healthy Festive Season!

Thank you all for your patience and understanding whilst the building works have been carried out during 2021. We hope to bring you more updates on this soon.

MONTHLY CLOSURE DATES Mon 27 & Tues 28 Dec and Mon 3 Jan 2022.

Emergencies, call 999 or less urgent call 111.

Please make sure you have sufficient medication to cover the festive period.

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COMMUNITY POLICE UPDATE

The clocks have changed which has, in past years, seen an increase in burglaries. Leaving a light or radio on, or timed lights, are all great ways to deter burglaries from occurring. Stay vigilant in your neighbourhood and report anything that is suspicious.

This month, we have continued days of action with speed checks in Yaxley.

Tickets have been issued and also education around parking offences.

There is a countywide series of catalytic converter thefts, and after reports from the villages we have been patrolling, looking for the perpetrators; this isn’t targeting Yaxley or neighbouring villages but across the county as a whole.

The reduction of anti-social behaviour reported to us around The Broadway

Shopping Centre has been effective.

Targeting the right people at the right time has had great results and we thank you all for reporting this to us.

As the winter weather arrives, so does the ice. Take care when driving on untreated roads and ensure that your windscreen is fully cleared before attempting to drive.

We will continue to listen to the councillors and residents and will attend to all criminality but if you notice something or have concerns please let us know.

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I will aim to keep you updated on our work, so please talk to us if you see us and keep reporting any problems so that we know where to focus our efforts.

Stay safe have a great Christmas and a enjoy new year, let hopes that we have some of that snow on Christmas day!

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Alison McGuinness, President November was our AGM meeting, including the re-election of the President and the Committee. Once all the business matters were out of the way, we then settled down for an evening of fun.

After a very last-minute cancellation in November, by our booked guest speaker, one of our member's daughter very kindly stepped in and organised a team building event. We were given three tasks to complete, all within a certain time, as a team.

The first was one involved a team member drawing what was written on a card without the rest of the team seeing it, the second member then had to write down on the card what they saw, and the next team member had to draw what has been written down.

Some of the answers were hilarious! We were then given a piece of A4 card cut into shapes, and we had to arrange the shapes back into the A4 size without touching every piece and talking. Very difficult, as one thing we are good at is talking!

Our last challenge was to build the tallest tower made out of marshmallows and pasta sticks. When finished, it had to stand on its own without support for at least 30 seconds with one last marshmallow balanced on the top. A very sticky task and unfortunately some marshmallows didn’t make it on to the structure, they were consumed! A very fun evening and something very different too.

An impressive selection of knitted woolly hats were on display, made by our ladies for the Sailors' Society. The ladies certainly have been very busy.

We meet on the first Thursday of the month and would warmly welcome anyone wishing to come along.

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YAXLEY LIBRARY Welcome to Jack We would like to welcome Jack, our new member of staff, who will be working in the mornings, so please do pop in and say 'hello'.

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED for Rhymetime and Storytime

Our Rhymetimes and Storytimes bring a lot of people together and provide a great opportunity for young ones to learn from each other and through repetition. You’ll Online Christmas Storytime be part of the magic of starting a child’s Staff will be delivering online Christmas journey, interacting and learning rhymes Storytime through December including and listening to stories. See the excitement a special presentation of Twas the Night on a child’s face when they master the Before Christmas. Visit Cambridgeshire Libraries Families' Facebook Page to join in actions of Incy Wincy spider or Shark in the Park for the first time! Bring stories and with our festive spirit. rhymes to life through your enthusiasm.

Christmas Treasure Hunt & Quiz Time required: 1-2 hours a week There will be fun for all ages during December at Yaxley Library, a Treasure Hunt for children and an Adult Quiz Sheet.

Come and see us during our opening hours to solve the clues in the treasure hunt and take a quiz sheet home to test your knowledge. www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/libraries

For more information please contact Pam.goodwin@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Jigsaws If you are looking for something to do during these long winter evenings why not pop along borrow a jigsaw to complete, we have a lovely selection of Christmas themes.

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There is a special post box outside where the children can send their letters to the North Pole, please feel free to use it.

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Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off and they are nearly always doing it.

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THE ROBIN - THE LEGEND! If you have ever wondered why red robins are associated with Christmas, postmen in Victorian Britain were nicknamed 'Robins' because of their red-breasted coloured uniforms. So the robin on the Christmas card came to represent the postman who delivered the card, yet there are fables that pre-date this explanation.

The robin is a legend Some fables link the robin to Christianity. The story goes that the robin was once a plain, brown bird. The bird went to sing to Jesus who was dying on the cross. Blood from Jesus’ wounds then stained the breast of the bird and from that moment on, the robin passed its red breast down through the generations.

Another legend places the robin at the birth of Jesus. On a chilly night in Bethlehem, a brown bird fanned the flames of a fire to keep the baby Jesus warm. Scorched by the fire, the breast of the bird turned red forever more.

The bird was named before the English language had a word for the colour ‘orange’. Many things that were really orange were called red instead even though we did have the word for ‘orange’ as in the fruit. The colour orange was not named as a colour in English until the 16th century. The name for the colour comes from the fruit.

Our affection for the robin was cemented in 1960 when it was voted our national bird.

Christmas robins will forever be commemorated on Christmas cards so let's hope they remain a common sight in our gardens for future generations to appreciate.

Looking after robins in the winter These stunning little birds are all over the place come the colder months and they can withstand very cold temperatures. Even in

freezing temperatures, robins can stay warm enough to make staying through the winter worthwhile.

Those who remain near their mating grounds will get first dibs on the best nesting territories when spring arrives.

LOVELY LICHENS BRING A COLOURFUL BURST TO WINTER DAYS From strong ochres to sage greens in clusters of patterns from swirls and circles to cup formations and fronds, beautifully coloured lichens abound on tree trunks, gateposts, benches, fences, stone walls and on the ground. Look closely and they are there to be found - on most walks there will undoubtedly be a lichen lurking somewhere along the way.

Often more noticeable in late autumn/winter, when leaves have fallen these cheery, steadfast natural patterns can appear in blazes of colour. Lichen is not a plant, nor is it a single organism, but a blend of fungi and algae – and worldwide there are thought to be upward of 17,000 different types and formations, with more than a thousand in the UK.

If you want to observe robins in winter, try putting out water for them. They can survive on their own by eating snow, but birds always welcome a source of unfrozen water for drinking and bathing.

Three of the most common types are:

Robins will use a platform to build their nests. You can find many simple plans for a bird platform online or develop your own. It doesn’t have to be fancy, just an elevated space with a bit of board will do.

Cup lichen has irregular, overlapping, pale-green leaf-like dense mats from which trumpet-shaped fruiting bodies (30–40mm high) grow vertically. It is found growing on the ground, on tree roots and logs throughout the country.

Look for it around the roots of trees in places like Lattersey nature reserve, Lady's Wood and Thorpe Wood.

The birds will be attracted to a roost where they can situate their nest for the spring breeding season. Outside of providing fruit and nesting space, they like to bathe frequently. In extreme cold, there are heated units to put in the birdbath. The water will remain liquid and at a temperature that delights the birds. Helping robins overwinter gives us a unique opportunity to take photos and observe these animals in action.

To keep them safe, do not use pesticides in the lawn. This can contaminate their natural food source and harm the birds.

If you have a cat, create a high birdhouse out of reach. Around April, mating pairs will begin making a nest and laying eggs. This is a time to be especially vigilant, so the babies can grow up safely.

Golden lichen has a strong, deep orange colour fading to yellow with elongated radiating lobes. It tends to grow in rounded circles with a central area resembling crazy paving; these are found everywhere on walls, exposed limestone, gravestones and gateposts. When visiting nature reserves it's worth looking all the wat round any old gate and fence posts to find these beauties lurking.

Map lichen has strong yellow-to-pale-green rosettes, up to 15cm in diameter, with a distinctive crackled appearance with small black spots scattered all over – this species is usually found on exposed hard granite Check churchyards for this one. www.wildlifebcn.org/blog/ryan-clark/charismatic-churchyard-lichens www.wildlifebcn.org/nature-reserves/cambridgeshire-nature-reserves www.britishlichensociety.org.uk

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2022 Get cameras ready and head out this month - the Wildlife Trust BCN Photography Competition 2022 is open for entries.

This year's theme is 'Nature From Every Angle', so take a sideways slant and an inventive perspective on wildlife places and species.

The top three winning photographers will bag prizes supplied by Canon UK and Opticron, and the top 24 images will be published in the Trust's 2023 calendar.

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WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO US ...

WILLIAM DE YAXLEY Here at William de Yaxley, we look forward to this time of the year where we get to spend quality time with our family and friends celebrating Christmas. The children in Year 5 have been thinking about Christmas and have some great memories to share. They understand that the meaning of Christmas is different for everyone.

Alfie, aged 9 enjoys spending quality time with his mum every Christmas baking delicious cookies ready for Santa when he delivers his presents.

Other children were excited at the idea of all their family being together and off work so that they can relax and have a big Christmas dinner.

Another student Amelie, aged 9 looks forward to going to church with her family on Christmas Eve to celebrate the meaning behind Christmas.

For all, Christmas is a joyful time where love and happiness is spread and we do our best to support those who need it through donating to the foodbank and wearing our Christmas jumpers. We also love to get involved in the Christmas spirit through our Christmas card designing, carol service and Nativity. And of course, the first thing that all the children were ecstatic about is all the presents and laughs we have on Christmas day! re ca rs ild che ed Ch ou ept v cc a

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FOURFIELDS “Christmas means celebrating the birth of Jesus and the hope that gives us all.”

Mrs Jones – HLTA “Christmas is a special time of year, where I enjoy spending time with my family”.

Tori - Year 5 Pupil “Having the pleasure of making other people joyful”.

Alex - Year 5 Pupil “Christmas means the sharing of delicious food with the people you love”.

Chloe - Year 5 Pupil “Christmas is sitting around the tree with my family and opening presents!”

Isla - Year 5 Pupil “Christmas is a time for snuggling with my family and reading Christmas stories” Noah - Year 2 Pupil

With thanks to William de Yaxley pupils for their beautiful Christmas cards “Christmas is a time to take part in family traditions like Christmas Eve carol singing, waking up early for Father Christmas, sharing a meal with loved ones and eating far too much. These family traditions help us to remember the family who are no longer able to be with us, but also make new memories to share with our family in the future.”

Mrs Avory - Teacher Christmas can be crazy and chaotic, but it is also a beautiful and meaningful time of year. I like listening to the classic carols, looking at lights and elaborate decorations, and I also love time together with family and friends. But as a Christian I am reminded that Christmas ‘Is simply about Jesus’ and the lights I love so much remind me of the light that came into the world that first Christmas Day! Sue Blyth

THE WILDLIFE TRUST Christmas is the perfect time of year to bring family members to our nature reserves, to enjoy the peace and natural beauty together, to rest our minds and connect with nature as we break from work and school. We love to look for the bright colours of evergreens and winter berries and listen for the sounds of birds overwintering in the Fens. We hope everyone will find some time for nature this Christmas and share that with those most important to you.

Danielle Page

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THE PERFECT CHEESEBOARD

By Tom Hancock

How much cheese?

Allow about 100g-125g (3½-4oz) cheese per person if your cheeseboard is being served after a meal, or slightly more - 150g (5oz) per person if you’re serving it as a snack/light meal.

Which cheese?

Three or four cheeses is enough – more than that and there’s too much for the palate to enjoy. The cheeses should be different styles, textures and flavours. Cheddar, Stilton and Brie is a classic combination, as it mixes a hard, soft and a blue. Why not go totally British with a traditional West Country Farmhouse Cheddar matched with Cropwell Bishop, a wonderful robust blue, and maybe Bath Soft Cheese, which is gorgeously gooey and mushroomy in flavour. It’s nice to put one wild-card cheese on the board like a citrussy goat’s cheese or meaty smoked cheese like St James.

FRUIT & NUT BAKE A great gift to make for Christmas Ingredients

again. Continue to heat and stir in 30-second intervals until the chocolate is just melted.

75g cup walnuts 450g good white chocolate, finely chopped

5. Immediately stir in the remaining chocolate and allow it to sit at room temperature, stirring often, until it’s completely smooth. (If you need to heat it a little more, place it in the microwave for another 15 seconds.)

75g dried cranberries 75g medium-diced dried apricot

Directions Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. 1. Using a pencil, draw an 8-by10-inch rectangle on a piece of parchment paper. Turn the parchment paper over so the pencil mark doesn’t get onto the chocolate and place it on a sheet pan.

2. Place the walnuts in one layer on another sheet pan and bake for 8 minutes. Set aside to cool.

3. Place three quarters of the white chocolate in a heat-proof glass bowl and put it in the microwave on high for 30 seconds.

6. Pour the melted chocolate onto the parchment paper and spread it lightly to fill the drawn rectangle.

7. Sprinkle the top evenly with the cooled walnuts, the cranberries, and apricots. Press the nuts and fruit lightly so they will set in the chocolate.

8. Set aside for at least 2 hours until firm or refrigerate for 20 minutes.

9. Cut or break the bark in 16 pieces and serve at room temperature.

4. Stir the chocolate with a rubber spatula, return it to the microwave for

Great as Christmas presents – in a small box or cellophane bag tied with a pretty ribbon.

another 30 seconds, then stir

Enjoy.

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Crackers A good oat biscuit, cracker or artisan bread will complement the cheese. Add a chutney - look for unusual brands at farmers’ markets, and some apples or grapes.

Drinks After a meal a sweet fortified white wine is always good. You could even try a whiskey, or a gin and tonic. If the board is going to serve as a light meal, then beer or cider is a good choice.

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Store in a cold room or the bottom of the fridge, wrapped in waxed paper if possible This allows the cheese to breathe. Let the cheese to come up to room temperature for about 20 minutes before serving for maximum flavour.

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FEEDING A CROWD AT CHRISTMAS

By Tracey Anderson

Whether it’s the gradual increase in food prices over the past year, or your desire to cut back on food waste, there has never been more incentive not to over cater at Christmas. But just how do you work out how much food and drink you need when you’re feeding far more people than usual? We’ve come to the rescue.

Turkey Allow approximately 500g per person. This doesn’t mean that you’ll get 500g of meat each, simply that to get a good portion size you need to allow this much turkey-weight per person. So, if you want to feed 8 adults your turkey should be at least 4Kg, more if you want leftovers.

Roast beef or pork If the joint is off the bone, allow 250g per serving – so 2kg for eight people. Allow 350g per serving for roasts on the bone – so around 3kg for eight.

so that’s at least 800g for eight people! With stuffing it’s better to have more than run-out, and it’s great on turkey sandwiches later!

Sprouts Unless you are a sprout-lover allow 80g per person – or 650g for eight people. If you do have any leftover they go great in bubble and squeak for boxing day brunch.

Carrots and other roast or steamed veg

You can always freeze leftovers for an easy addition to midweek suppers.

Cranberry sauce At least 50g per person. I’m sure I eat more than that though!

Bread sauce 75ml seems to suffice because not everyone likes it, but those that do LOVE it. Around 600700ml is usually enough.

Christmas pudding

Roasties

80g-100g is about right for any serving of vegetables, so you need 800g combined for eight people. I allow more because lots my family are vegetarian.

Everyone loves roasties! Allow 250g of potatoes per person, so 2kg for eight people.

Gravy

Treat it like gravy. 125ml per person unless your family are the type that can’t stop pouring!

125ml per person is enough for a normal family, but if your relatives are like mine and treat gravy as a food group then allow double.

Unfortunately, there isn’t one shopping list to suit all families, but this is a good basic guide; adapt it to suit your own catering preferences.

Stuffing You need to allow 100g of stuffing per person,

A 900g pudding will be plenty to feed eight.

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PINE FOR PERFECTION Being part of 'team real' in the real versus artificial Christmas tree debate is something people feel great pride in. There's nothing quite like a real Christmas fir baby. Choosing it with your family, standing in the chilly air debating the benefits of various heights and shapes signals that Christmas has well and truly arrived.

They look stunning, their fresh pine smell is incredible and they’re not as difficult to care for as you might have feared. Let Yaxley Gazette take the guess work out of this most important festive ritual, and help you pick the perfect Christmas tree.

CHOOSING THE BEST TREE The Norway spruce (Piceaabies) is the traditional tree. It has sharp, short needles and sadly it is the most likely to drop. It’s best to buy nearer Christmas. Having said that, if you treat it well, it won’t perform that badly and you can enjoy the lowest cost of the real trees.

The Nordmann Fir (Abies Nordmanniana) is the popular choice nowadays due to it retaining its needles or ‘non-drop’ to which it's often referred. The needles are soft and broad and when looked after a fresh Nordmann can easily last the season. A good choice if you have children or pets.

KEEPING IT REAL Real trees are much better for the environment. They are essential to complex ecosystems that provide refuge for wildlife, protect water supplies and stabilise the soil. ... A single Christmas tree can absorb up to one ton of carbon dioxide over its life time, with one acre providing enough oxygen for 18 people every day.

They’re a crop plant rather like a field of wheat and they begin their life in a nursery before being transplanted into a field. When it comes to harvest at Christmas time, they are thinned out to avoid any large clearing. This preserves habitat for any local wildlife. The carbon footprint is important too – a real tree which is chipped has a footprint of about 3.5kg CO2, compared to a whopping 40kg for a plastic tree.

Real trees are increasingly easy to dispose of responsibly after the holidays and are fully biodegradable.

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If you do buy one quite early then the most important thing is to keep it watered – Peterborough Christmas Trees cut the end of the trunk so be sure to put it straight in water, a bucket or a stand will be fine until you are ready to decorate, you can leave in outside in water until you are ready to bring it in. If it was in a net when you bought it, remove this as it’s important to have air circulating around the needles.

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It’s important to buy as fresh a tree as possible as the longer they hang around after they’ve been cut, the more likely they are to go downhill.

Local Christmas tree specialists are a good option as they don’t have trees lying around on pallets. Premium trees will cost a little more but will be pretty much the perfect shape. Value trees will cost less and have one or two imperfections, like a wonky leader at the top but at a good price. The needles should be glossy and full of colour.

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When you bring the tree inside, try to avoid putting it anywhere too warm or close to a heat source and make sure that you use a stand with a water reservoir with water levels really well topped up. If kept well supplied with water, it should hold its needles well.

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3 December 7.00pm until 9.00pm Silently dance the night away under the central tower with DJ Steve Walsh on the decks, there will be Christmas pop classics on one channel and favourite dance hits on another. For all ages. Tickets £7 pp (£6 pp for groups of 10 or more).

A booking fee applies. www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/newsarticle.aspx/41/silent_disco

A Christmas Lullaby Friday 10 December 7.30pm Mezzo-soprano Gabriella Pineda-Rodrigues returns to Peterborough with a wonderful selection of music for Christmas. Gabriella's programme will include Walking in the Air (Howard Blake), White Christmas (Irving Berlin), A New Year Carol (Benjamin Britten), and Songs for a New World: A Christmas Lullaby (Jason Robert Brown) as well as pieces

by Fauré, Reger and Howells and traditional Christmas songs from various countries. www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/143/section.aspx/142/gabriella-christmas

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LOCAL EVENTS yaxleyyuletide NENE PARK Jewellery Making Workshop Saturday 4 December 10am-12pm and 1-3pm Get ready for the Christmas season and make your own set of jewellery for yourself or as a gift, or just an excuse to try something new. During the class we will make a bracelet, necklace and earrings, using a variety of jewellery making techniques. All materials are included to make these items and Donna McKean Smith from Riverside Beads will guide you through the different skills needed to make or repair your own jewellery.Suitable for: 12 yrs + Meeting point: Discovery Den, Ferry Meadows Cost: £20 per person

Christmas Card Quilling Workshop Sunday 5 December 10am-12pm and 1-3pm Quilling is the art of rolled, shaped, and glued paper that results in creating a unified, decorative design. At the workshop, you will learn the techniques to create the design you are looking for. Depending on the intricacy of your design, you will be able to make between one and four cards. All materials and tools are provided for the workshop. Suitable for: 10yrs+ Meeting point: Discovery Den, Ferry Meadows Cost: £12

Christmas Willow Weaving Workshop Sunday 12 December 10am-12pm and 1-3pm This is a beginner workshop to introduce you to the wonderful world of willow.

Join Martin from Rutland Willows as he takes you through the techniques you need to create three unique pieces of work. You will make three small items from star, angel, small reindeer and a wreath ring. Suitable for: 16yrs + Meeting point: Discovery Den, Ferry Meadows. Cost: £20 Find out more and book your places at www.nenepark.org.uk/events

FOURFIELDS SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CAROLS WITH THE SALVATION ARMY BAND Sunday 12 December - 4.30pm Fourfields School Playground

SAWTRY CHORALE Sawtry Chorale are so excited to be back and look forward to inviting you to ‘A Celebration of Christmas'. As we emerge from these unprecedented times, we’d love to entertain you as we all start to get into the Christmas spirit, this year and for many years to come. Sawtry Chorale will present a wide and varied programme of Christmas favourites, performed by our everenthusiastic choir led by our hugely talented and patient Musical Director Jeremy Jepson.

Friday 3 December 2021 at 7:30pm Keyston Village Hall, Loop Road, Keyston, Huntingdon PE28 0RE. Tickets £10 available from Caroline Spink. Tel: 01832 710168 or 07811910712 Friday 10 December 2021 at 7:30pm St Nicholas Church, Glatton, Huntingdon PE28 5RR. Tickets £10 Available from Jacqui Pigott. Tel: 01487 506007 or 07468 459994 Email:jacquipigott@hotmail.com Tickets for both concerts are also available on the door and under 12s go free.

This year we will be making a contribution to ‘The Light Project Peterborough’ to help them continue their valuable work, providing shelter and support for the homeless.

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Christingle Service

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Take a break from the Christmas busy-ness and end your day with this special service of readings, prayers and Christmas carols to sing along to.

A service for families, with seasonal readings, carols and traditional Christingle oranges

Booking required (free of charge, general admission not a reserved seat.

Donations invited). Before attending, please note our Covid guidelines for worshippers.

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We also hope to live stream this service via Facebook and YouTube. www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/143/section.aspx/142/bs-carols21

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On 21 December at the farm we shall have 7 hours, 38 minutes, and 30 seconds of daylight.

And those seconds count! The following day, the 22 December, gifts us an extra two seconds of daylight. The last few years have averaged just 39 hours of sunshine in the month of December; little more than one hour per day.

With studies showing that gratitude is key in our emotional wellbeing, far from feeling sad about the lack of light, we try to celebrate what we do have.

We can all agree with Nathaniel Hawthorne who described autumn sunshine as precious, and it’s all the more important that we cherish those golden moments.

work is hard, they eat very little during ‘tupping’ (like the ‘rutting’ season of deer), and they change from healthy, weighty, prime animals to thin, drawn, haggard specimens during those short weeks, with each tup able to mate with up to 150 ewes. I walked across the field last December and met the small group of tups looking exhausted, eyes sunken, and fleeces looking far from their best. Now to say they were hiding from the ewes may be doing them a disservice, but let me just say that they were laying out on the grass around the corner, well away from the ewes who were grazing out in the field! You can have too much of a good thing…

December marks the end of the calendar year, and with much of our harvested grain being shipped out from the barns in this month, there is a sense of completeness - of closure – but farming never stops, and in the same month the tups (male sheep) will be moved out of the fields where the ewes (female sheep) are, having (we hope) impregnated them. For the tups, their job is done, and they earn another 10 months rest; for the ewes, this marks the beginning of the new year bringing new life, lambs, and everything that goes along with that. Spring literally starts here.

Our system of regenerative farming has many benefits to our soils, our wildlife, and to the planet in helping the soil to store carbon, but there are other advantages as well. We use ‘cover crops’ to help improve our soil health. We’ll plant a diverse mixture of plants immediately after harvest and they then grow and cover the ground (hence the name) protecting the soil, locking in nutrients, and improving soil health. We then spray them off with a herbicide before planting the next crop, and prior to that we often graze those cover crops with sheep, which turns the greenery into a useable fertiliser (poo!).

Please don’t feel that the tups have an easy life, however, working two months on and 10 off. Their

Last year, we had some ewes grazing the cover crops, and some grazing grass alone. We calculate

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the number of lambs likely to be born by using an ultrasound scanner (like in human pregnancies) and then express the results as a percentage. A ewe with twins would be 200% for example, and typical scanning results for flocks are around that 200% mark; an average of two lambs for each ewe. Last year, the ewes grazing on our grass scanned at just over 200%, but the ewes grazing on the cover crops scanned at a staggering 254%. The diverse cover crop made up of lots of different grasses and legumes helped the sheep stay healthier, and have more lambs!

Wherever you are this month, and however you’re spending Christmas, we hope you are staying fit and well – perhaps, like our ewes, by eating a diverse, healthy diet! In season this month are lovely root vegetables parsnips, swede, potatoes, as well as brussels sprouts (hooray for brussels!), kale, wild mushrooms, and much more. The game larder provides duck, goose, pheasant, partridge, and venison, and you’ll find British apples tasting delicious in the shops as well as nuts such as walnut and hazelnut.

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inspire Dear Friends, I have been thinking about language and the way that language changes. Over the last couple of years we have had to learn a completely new language. Do you remember the time when you thought a bubble was something that children blew from washing up liquid or bubble gum rather than something that we used to protect ourselves from others. When I was nursing, LFTs were something related to a liver function test blood test, now it is the test that I take at least twice weekly to try and ensure I don’t infect someone with Covid 19.

The language of Christianity has changed over the years.

One of the oldest translations of the Bible that we use today is the King James Bible which was first used in 1611. The language may seem old to us today and difficult to read, but this has been the translation of the Bible that many people have used for many years. The language of the Bible and the language of Christianity may have changed over the years, but the message has never changed. That message is one that has been passed down through the ages, it was told from person to person, it was written down and shared and still the message of the Bible is current to us at the end of 2021.

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Angels are messengers in the Bible, taking a message to Mary that she was to be the mother of Jesus. Joseph was also visited by an angel when he had doubts as to what he should do. It was angels that appeared to the shepherds telling them the news that changed history: I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”Luke Chapter 2 This Christmas we will be looking at the amazing Christmas story that has been passed down through the ages in a variety of ways, starting with theangels. There will be an angel trail around Yaxley, Advent windows, a blue Christmas service, Christingle, Carol Service, Crib service, Midnight service welcoming Christmas and a service on Christmas Day itself. We will be remembering that Jesus came to be Emmanuel – God with us because of the love of God for us. You are welcome to join us for any of these services and events. We have had to limit numbers and implement a booking system and we will of course be following any Government and Church of England guidance, so please keep an eye on social media.

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PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS The first Sunday in Advent is the 28th November this Year.

Advent means arrival or coming. It is the four week period of waiting and preparing for the celebration of Christ's Birth.

In many homes and Churches and in our Chapel we have an Advent wreath with evergreen plants, four red candles and a white candle in the centre. One red candle is lit each Sunday and on Christmas Day the white one is lit representing the birth ofJesus, the Light of the World !

Our Minister, Rev'd Vivienne, mentioned recently that the Latin Hospitium meant Hospitality. It can also translate as Shelter or Inn apparently. The owner of an Inn in Bethlehem offered his stable to two weary travellers searching for a roof over their heads. The heavily pregnant Lady was Mary and she was able to give birth to her baby safely thanks to the Hospitality of that Innkeeper. Without his help Jesus may have been born in the streets.

With many people living on the streets searching for a roof over their heads this Winter we are thankful for the organisations helping them.

One of these is the Garden House and, at the time of writing this, we are planning to reach out in our community by donating warm hats, scarves, gloves and socks to them to distribute to the homeless people during Advent.

Our Sunday Services start at 10.30.

On Sunday 19 December we will be having our Family Christmas Celebration at 10.30 a.m. We will be welcoming everyone aged from one to 100 to come and join us in celebrating the birth of Jesus.

We wish you all Peace and Love and Hope this Christmas.

Stay safe and God Bless You.

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FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROLS SILENT NIGHT Silent Night originated in the village of Oberndorf in the Austrian mountains. The story goes that the day before Christmas Eve in 1818, Father Joseph Mohr, pastor of Saint Nicholas church, discovered that the church organ was broken.

Taking a verse he had written two years previously he travelled through the snow to his friend Franz Gruber, a school teacher and musician, and Gruber set it to music. At midnight mass, Father Mohr and Gruber, accompanied only by Gruber’s guitar, sang “Silent Night, Holy Night” for the first time.

The song was sung simultaneously in English and German by troops during the WW1 Christmas truce of 1914.

O HOLY NIGHT Listeners to Classic FM have consistently voted O Holy Night to be their favourite Christmas carol. Originally based on a French-language poem written in 1843, with the first line "Minuit, chrétiens! c'est l'heure solennelle" (Midnight, Christians, is the solemn hour), was set to music by composer Adolphe Adam in 1847. The carol reflects on the birth of Jesus as humanity's redemption.

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Based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, this carol was written sometime before 1872 in response to a magazine request for a Christmas poem. The poem became recognised as a carol after it appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906, with music by Gustav Holst.

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Once children turn 16, a loophole in ISA law means that they are eligible for two ISA allowances - both the Junior ISA allowance and the adult ISA allowance. So, in the 2021/202 tax year, they could potentially deposit a combined total of £29,000 into their respective ISA’s. They'll be able to do this until the age of 18, when any Junior ISA’s will be switched to adult ISA’s, and therefore only the adult ISA rules will apply.

FUEL POVERTY? With the recent reduction in Universal Credit and the energy crisis in the news, fuel poverty affects more people that you would think.

Even though we have all been advised not to look at switching energy suppliers there are still things that can be done to save money and energy. It’s about changing behaviours and installing easy measures that could really help a person or home that is struggling.

There are loads of freebies and advice as part of our friendly calls and home visits to help residents cut down on energy costs: FREE: LED bulbs, draught-proofing, radiator reflector panels, TV standby extension leads.

Help with your energy bills and finding the cheapest tariff for you.

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Many believe that students are exempt from paying tax; this is not the case.

However, every individual can earn up to the personal allowance, currently £12,570, per year, before tax needs to be deducted.

If a student works only during the holidays, an incorrect tax code may result in Income Tax being deducted from their earnings. In this case, a tax repayment claim, form R40, can be submitted after the year end in order to reclaim any overpaid tax.

If your children are under 18, will they be taxed on any dividends they receive?

If your children are younger than 18, you as the parents will be taxed on any dividend’s they receive which eliminates this tax advantage, so yes, they will.

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The past 21 or so months have not only changed our shopping habits, as many of us now favour buying our goods online, but it has also seen the scammers becoming more sophisticated.

In the year to April 2021, £2.3bn was lost after a “devastating surge” in scams as fraudsters exploited the pandemic.

The consumer body Which? found that in the year to April 2021, 413,553 instances of fraud were reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland – an increase of 33% on the previous 12 months.

Online shopping scams topped the table as criminals took advantage of the fact that locked-down consumers were buying more items via the internet.

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 Be extra vigilant using Marketplace, eBay and Gumtree as these are also on the hit list for criminals.

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For opportunist thieves, visible presents under the tree, open car boots full of shopping while loads are being taken into the house and even the possibility of an unlocked garage or parcels left behind bins are rich pickings which can turn your Christmas from being Merry into Miserable!

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