A Spencers Wood church knows how to prepare for Christmas – it’s been decorating!
St Michael’s & All Angels on Basingstoke Road held its annual festive fayre on Saturday and each of the church’s windows were decorated with Christmas scenes, created by local community groups including Brownies, Rainbows and the local history society.
Visitors were able to browse a range of stalls including a white elephant, books and locally made festive wreaths and wooden ornaments made by craftsman Luke Ray. The reindeer had been made from offcuts of old Christmas trees.
Games included a hook-a-bag, guess the name of teddy, a bottle game and find the lucky lollipop.
Local craftspeople had stalls in the church’s gallery area and the church cafe, Caf’Active served tasty treats to hungry guests.
Younger visitors could visit Santa and tell him what they’d like for Christmas.
Organiser Sue Butler told The Wokingham Paper: “This is the first time we’ve run Santa’s Grotto and it’s been very popular.
“We do a different theme each year for the windows and this year’s was Christmas Carols and Christmas Songs. They’ve been decorated by different local groups.
“They all come in and choose their windows and which song they’ll sing and then decorate it.”
And she was full of praise for the team of volunteers that helped made the fayre so special and the many, many people who turned up to support it.