Mastodawn

Bethlehem, we sing
Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Only half-remembering
The dark and the cold
The misery and the grief
Bethlehem: an incantation

Yeats was right
The horror has slouched its way
Into the manger stall
And devoured the child
Extinguished light

Bethlehem, Bethlehem, we sing
Half-forgetting
More then half-forgetting
Wishing away unpleasant truth
Not realising, perhaps
The truth of it

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Amnesty in Salisbury & South Wiltshire Dec 24

Group carol singing

Annual carols around the streets of Salisbury a success

December 2025

Each year, for at least a decade now, the group has run a carol service around half a dozen streets in Salisbury. The carols are actually sung by members of the Farrant Singers to whom we are grateful for contributing each year for this event. Members of the group do the collecting. What adds to the occasion is when families turn out to listen to the carols. A high point was one family who said the ‘really looked forward to the evening and for them, Christmas didn’t start until it had happened’.

A (not very good) photo of two families stood in their doorways listening to the carols.

Seasons Greetings to our readers and supporters.

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The Penguins In The Wall Dec 22, 2024

Last Sunday we were carol-singing in Glasgow City Centre, and this Sunday we're at it again, but in our wall on the Kelvin Walkway!

#glasgow #penguin #penguins #glasgowpenguins #carolsinging #kelvinwalkway #streetart #glasgowstreetart #xmas2024

The Penguins In The Wall Dec 16, 2024

As well as seeing the Christmas lights in George Square yesterday, we also did a spot of carol singing outside the Royal Concert Hall on Buchanan Street. My favourite song - We FISH You A Merry Christmas! 🤣🤣🤣🐧

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