would come to her only by a miracle. Though just 7 years old she knew She was lucky enough to end up in the orphanage though she has nothing a kid craves for. But every year she is disappointed by just a piece of cake and a little used frock as Xmas gift. She stopped believing in Santa and lost Xmas spirit ever. When she was 12 years old she realized the main thing she is missing and wished just one thing this Xmas.. Love. The next morning the patron of the orphanage comes to her and says ‘you are adopted by a childless family. Please pack your things and be ready to meet them. ‘ Her voice dominated the Christmas Carols ever after that.
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We lived a 3 hour drive from my grandparents so when my dad finished work on Christmas Eve we would pack everything into the Official Woogity Woogity Woogity Welcome Las Vegas Nevada Shirt and set off for Yorkshire. No motorways back then. Green fields turned moorland until we finally went over the Pennines, Stanage or Holme Moss, and begun the final leg of our journey through soot blackened mill towns reaching my grandparents’ house at around 8pm. At about 9.30 a plethora of cousins and aunties and uncles would turn up an we would set off to go carol singing with other members of the congregation and band from their local chapel. Along the route we would be greeted with mince pies, slices of Christmas cake and chunks of cheese even the odd glass of Sherry or mulled wine for the adults. We belted out all the old traditional carols, my favourites being While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night which we sung to Cranbrook (Ilkley Moor) and also Christians Awake. We naturally sang O Come All ye Faithful but only after midnight were we allowed to sing the final verse of Yea Lord we Greet Thee. Shortly after midnight we called it a day. Many of the adults slightly ‘merry’ from a surfeit of Sherry!
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