We were in for an extra-long treat yesterday evening with
the annual Dressing the Christmas Tree.
Dressing the Christmas Tree traditionally occurs in the week
after the Wokingham Winter Carnival, where decorations made by local school
children join the lights on the large tree in the Market Place. This year this
date also coincided with the Wokingham Living Advent Calendar, so it made sense
to join the two.
This year we saw 11 local schools take part producing a
varied range of decorations, from laminated paper creations to recycled and
repurposed containers made to a Christmas theme to more complex wooden shapes
by the secondary schools, all brightly coloured and always inventive.
In between the decorations being presented to the Mayor, Cllr
Martin Bishop, and Mini Mayor, Joe, Wokingham Choral Society led us in a series
of traditional carols, including Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night and
finishing off with Jingle Bells.
There was a great spirit to the at least 300 strong crowd,
all singing along with gusto, braving the cold weather for around 45 minutes. The cold staved off by warming drinks supplied
by Just Around the Corner, a local young persons charity, and free gingerbread
men and mince pies supplied by Tesco’s Waitrose and Morrisons.
Tonight join us at Marks and Spencer for a very different
performance.
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