It was great to see so many people join us on Christmas Day. Talland was nearly full! Richard preached on the Christmas Cracker. Reminding everyone of its Victorian origins. The crack to crack the cracker reminds everyone of the shock of Christmas when the angels appeared to Mary and the shepherds. The crown symbolises Jesus kingship and that God had come to live amongst us. The Rector is displaying his own silver crown! The corny joke in Victorian times was a memory verse from the bible with Richard explaining this year from his verse that Jesus was Emmanuel God with us. Finally the present in every cracker is a reminder of God`s greatest present to mankind in Jesus who eventually would die for our forgiveness and resurrection into heaven. The Rev here is seen playing with the cricket set that dropped from his giant cracker. He`s playing a solid forward defensive down the aisle, despite being engulfed in his robes and then hooking off the back foot into the congregation!
