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Yes I know its only November but last year we got a few complaints that many of the free resources and ideas we were posting about in December were far too late for choir rehearsals and the planning of Christmas services.<\/p>\n

So this year, here is a brief post with a summary of the most popular resources we posted last year. Click through and use them in your planning. Inevitably we will add to them as the weeks go by and we become aware of new material.<\/p>\n

And please, if you find something great online, either share it here or email us a link so we can spread the word.<\/p>\n

Free Christmas songs – MP3s, videos and sheet music for contemporary carols<\/p>\n

Chocolate Christmas<\/a> – children’s nativity talk script with a chocolatey theme<\/p>\n

Social Network Christmas – the nativity retold according to Facebook (video clip)<\/p>\n

Christmas carol nightmare<\/a> – (awful\/funny audio clip)<\/p>\n

Christmas video loops – fabulous free seasonal backgrounds for your services<\/p>\n

Free static images<\/a> – beautiful static seasonal images<\/p>\n

Ipad Christmas carol band – carols on ipads<\/p>\n

Advent purple ribbon reflection<\/a> – activity helping to consider the real meaning of Christmas<\/p>\n

Advent liturgy<\/a> – contemporary liturgy on the theme of light<\/p>\n

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Hover over any of the Social Share buttons below or click the Facebook button above.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the biggest way you can help us, and we really appreciate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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