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Advent from theLatin word adventusmeaning "coming",is a season ob-
served in manyWestern Christianchurches, a time ofexpectant waitingand preparation forthe celebration ofthe Nativity of Jesus
at Christmas.An Advent calen-
dar is a special cal-endar which is usedto count or cele-brate the days ofAdvent in anticipa-tion ofChristmas.Some calendars arestrictly religious,whereas others aresecular in content.Despite the name,
most commercially
available Adventcalendars begin onDecember 1, re-gardless of when
Advent begins,which can be asearly as November27 and as late asDecember 3. Manytake the form of alarge rectangularcard with "windows"of which there areoften 24; one foreach day of Decem-
ber leading up toChristmas Day. Oneis opened every dayduring Advent. Inmany of these cal-endars, each win-dow opens to revealan image, a poem,or a portion of astory such as the
story of the Nativityof Jesus. More elab-orate Advent calen-dars have a smallgift concealed ineach window, suchas a toy or a choco-late item.
The origins of theAdvent calendar
come from German
Lutherans who, atleast as early as thebeginning of the19th century wouldcount down the first
24 days of Decem-
ber physically. Of-ten this meant
simply drawing a
chalk line on the
door each day, be-
ginning on Decem-
ber 1. Some fami-
lies had more elab-
orate means of
marking the days,such as lighting a
new candle or hang-
ing a little religious
picture on the wall
each day.
Origin of the Advent Calendars
Advent and the Ad-
vent Calendar
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Christmas card
competition entries
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Christmas card
winning entry
3
Marsden Group 4
Charity Auction and a
thank you
5
Holmfirth Project 6
A Big Thank You
Holmfirth Charity
Market
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Meltham Group
Examiner Wish List
Free Bus Boxing Day
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Fair Trade Enterprise
Netherton Group
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Answers to last
months quiz
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Christmas Quiz 11
Merry Christmas mes-
sage / Useful phone
numbers
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Inside this issue:
FRIEND TO FRIEND
NOVEMBERDECEMBER
2012 NEWSLETTER
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Christmas Card Competition!
Many thanks to all of you who sent in entries for our Christmas card
competition. We were most impressed by your talent! Here are a
few copies of the ones we received.
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The winning entry was chosen by a company in Bridge MillsSpirula
research company specialising in services to the public sector. This is
run by our newly elected trustee Anthony Phillips (Spike) and his
partner Ruth Southon. They very kindly offered to help us by print-
ing the cards for us. This
was an incredibly gener-
ous gesture and we are
most grateful to them
for their help. They were
unanimous in their choiceof card as it promoted
the Friend to Friend
group in a very visual way.
This is a copy of the win-
ning entry. It was sent in
by Christine Ward fromMeltham. Well done
Christine! It was lovely
how you used the Friend
to Friend logo in your de-
sign.. Your prize will be
with you shortly!
Congratulations
Christine for the
winning entry!
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Marsden Friend to FriendWe have been very busy planning for Christmas here in Marsden. We had a session in which
we made Christmas cards. Each member made two cards and every one of the cards was
unique in design. The finished cars looked very nice indeed and all the members were very
pleased with their cards.
Grace and Marie proudly displaying their Christmas cards
Audrey and Doris Alwyn and Ann
We have also been busy planning our forthcoming Bring and Buy Sale and Coffee Morning. It
will take place on Thursday 22nd November. We hope that this fund raising event will attract a
lot of customers looking for bargains. Everyone is going to do their bit and we will be busy
taking turns serving on our Bring and Buy stall and also serving tea and coffee. It should be a
busy and fun morning.
We have also decided to go to the Railway in Marsden for our Christmas Lunch. There are at
least 15 of us going on Thursday the 13th of December, so we are all looking forward to a fun
afternoon with lots of festive food.
Cynthia Phillips
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Charity AuctionOn Wednesday the 21st November, the fund raising commit-
tee led by Gill Evans held a very successful charity auction at
Brambles in Holmfirth. Many thanks to Gill for organising the
event and also to the committee for their invaluable help.
Many prizes were donated by local businesses and of course
we could not have done without all those who bid on the day.
An amazing total of 2458 was raised! Thank you once
again.
Huddersfield
Examiner
27.11.12
Dorethea Tarbatt and Mary Fisher
Friend to Friend would like to give a big Thank You to Dorethea Tarbut
of the Denby Dale group as she has provided us we so many craft items
over the years to sell at our fundraising events. For our last Holmfirth
Charity Market, Dorothea made us a good number of lavender bags
which all sold on the day. We would also like to thank Mary Fisher who
provides Dorothea with the lavender. Mary grows,
harvests and dries the lavender in her own garden.
So well done to both ladies and thank you.
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cup of tea and a cake with
time afterwards for some
shopping. Thank
you to Shirley for
organizing this
once again.
On Thursday November
15th, the Honley ladies
had a trip out to a favour-
ite spotthe Garden
Centre at Shelley. It was a
lovely day and we ar-
rived at about 2.00 pm in
time for a much needed
Honley Group
Holmfirth ProjectAudrey Howard picture Hinchlie Mill
Sent in by Shirley Simmonds
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Holmfirth Charity
Market 28th of October
We would like to ThankGill and Richard Evans,
Janet Potter, Shirley Sim-
mons and Shirley Board-
man for taking turns in
standing on the stall to sell
our wide range of hand-
made goods, baked
goods and plants. Our
best sellers on the day
had to be our range of
delicious cakes and
fudges and we would
like to thank our bakers,Linda Dunbar, Winnie
Turner and Janet Potter
for their hard work. Fi-
nally a thank you to our
dish cloth knitter, Christine Hoyle fromthe Netherton group and Judith Ellis for
her home grown plants. We also dis-
played and sold for the first time a selec-
tion of Fair trade products, tea, coffee
and chocolate. So a very enjoyable and
successful day, raising 150.00.
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An extra treat for members
this November. A trip toWetherby Whaler Wakeeld
for a sh and chips
lunch. On a bright sunny,but chilly morning, we went
by coach to Wakeeld with
ne views on the way, espe-
cially overlooking the
Holmrth Valley. On arrivalwe were treated to a three
course lunch, followed by
our monthly rae, ably
overseen by Arnold
Lodge. Following which wereturned home well sas-
ed with our meal.Many thanks to our volun-
teer helpers who ensured
the trip was a success. Spe-cial thanks to Neil and Pat
Craven who were instru-
mental in ensuring that
those members who need-
ed transport to the coach
stop in Meltham and home
aerwards.A reminder to all members,
that the December meal is
the Christmas meal at
Durker Roods Hotel inMeltham.
MELTHAM FRIEND TO FRIEND NOVEMBER MEAL
Examiner Wish List TokensMany, many thanks to all those who collected and
sent in the tokens from the Hudderseld Examin-
er. We are now busy cung them out and scking
them into the ocial booklets to present our
claim. Lets keep our ngers crossed for a success-
ful outcome. We will let you know in Januaryaer the count!
Free Christmas Bus on Boxing Day
Starting at Scholes Boot and Shoe, stopping at Holmfirth, Brock-
holes, Honley Bridge, Berry Brow, Lockwood, Huddersfield
Kingsgate and Huddersfield Westgate then on
to HRI at Lindley.
First bus sets off from Scholes at 09.23
last bus back From HRI 16.50.
For full timetable check on the Metro West Yorkshire website, on
local Stotts buses or Tourist Information Centre
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Our Own Fair Trade Enterprise
You may remember from the October newsletter that I wrote about working with a charity called
Not Just a Trading Company, to set up our own mini enterprise selling Fair Trade products.
Since then we have now successfully launched these products at the Holmfirth Charity Market.
By selling these products, the profit made will go towards raising funds for Friend to Friend.
These products are now available for purchase from the office and these are;
Roast and Ground Coffee 227g at 3.95
Long Grain Rice 1kg at 2.45
Bar of chocolate- 45g 85p
160 teabags at 3.70
Instant Coffee 100g at 2.95
We also have catering sizes which may be useful to buy for your group meetings and the prices
are,
1100 teabags 21.50 or 550 teabags 12.75 /Coffee 500g tin 13.50
If you would like more information about these products then please call me at the office on
687773. Jane Burlingham
Netherton North Light Gallery
In this session we had a guest Sheila Armitage who came along to teach us how to make sugar
craft Christmas decorations. We started with a walnut whip each, took off the walnut and re-
placed it with a malteser. Then coated and decorated it in sugar icing. Everyone really enjoyed
this session and there was much laughter as we tried to assemble all the parts.
In this session we had a guest speaker who came along to talk to us about her years spent living
and working in China. She lived in some of the more remote places and told us many fascinating
stories about Chinas customs and food with photos to look at.
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Answers to last months quiz:
Its a long way to Tipperary, its a long way to go
Pack up your troubles in your old kitbag
Keep the homes fires burning, whilst your hearts are yearningIt wont be a stylish marriage cant afford a carriage
Therell be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover
But I know well meet again some sunny day
Hell get by without his rabbit pie so run rabbit, run rabbit, Run! Run!
Run!
Its a lovely day tomorrow / tomorrow is a lovely day
Grab your coat and get your hat, leave your worries on the doorstep
Were going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line
Thanks for the memory
Bless em all, bless em all, the long and the short and the tall
Look for the silver lining, whenever skies are grey
This month, we did have an entry from Peter Priestley of the mens group. Well
done Peter, you got most of them right . However, you need to listen to Vera Lynn
again singing Well meet again and Flanagan and Allens Rabbit Pie song!
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1. What date is St Stephen's Day?2. In Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol, who was
Scrooge's dead business partner?
3. The song White Christmas was first performed in which 1942 film?4. London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which coun-
try?
5. In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, '...my true love brought to me nine...'what?
6. Name the original eight reindeer from the 'Twas the night Before Christmas' po-em.
7. Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics '...To save us all from Satan's power,when we were gone astray..'?
8. The character Jack Skellington appears in which 1993 Tim Burton film?9. What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?10.In the inspirational 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life, what's the name of George
Bailey's guardian angel?
11.What are the names of the three wise men said to have brought gifts to the baby
Jesus?
12.What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?
13.What Christmas item was invented by London baker and wedding-cake special-
ist Tom Smith in 1847?
14.In what year was Band-Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas the UK Christmas
chart-topping record?
15.Which country did St Nicholas come from?
16.Who wrote How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
17.From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?
18.Who wrote Auld Lange Syne?
19.How many points does a snowflake have?
20.What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas?
Christmas Quiz!
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As this is our last newsletter be-
fore Christmas, we would like to
wish all our readers a very HAPPY
CHRISTMAS and our very bestwishes for a wonderful 2013.
Emergency Numbers during Christmas:
For less urgent crime to the Police call 101
(Use 999 where there is danger to life and for medical emergencies
only)
National Gas Emergency: 0800 111 999
Npower: 0845 375 675
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary: 01484 342000
Yorkshire Water: 0800 57 35 53
Huddersfield Police Station:
01484 43 66 59
Social Care ServicesEmergency Team 01484 414933
Friend to Friend Contact Details
Tel: 01484 687773www.friendtofriend.org.uk
Email: [email protected]
Registered Charity Number 1092163