Monday, February 07, 2011

Christmas Eve

We decided to try out a new church on Christmas Eve, so headed off into town to St Stephen's Uniting.


The service was wonderful: lots of carol singing, a full enrobed choir,organist, a wonderful brass quintet and a harpist. The sermon was succinct and poignant, and at the conclusion of the service, we were all presented with candles.

I left feeling warm and fuzzy and Christmassy:)

When we got home, Megs had left out carrots and rum balls for Santa and his reindeer!

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Sydney Christmas..Part 2

continues at Martin Place, where I met Barry and we had takeaway noodles sitting on the steps of the old GPO building, while we enjoyed the Salvos Christmas Carols.



I did feel disappointed for the Sally's. They had only a couple of handfuls of people to watch them and they put on such a lovely show. It seems a shame that the hype and glitz of the televised Domain version attracts tens of thousands, and the freebie Sally's Christmas carols could only attract maybe a hundred at best. Still they didn't seem to mind.




After the Sally's we made our way back up Pitt Street Mall,

past DJ's windows again

through Hyde Park, with it's Christmas tree and a couple of Santa girls.. Yes, this is Hyde Park Sydney, not Harajuku. I think they add flavour and colour and multiculturalism to our Christmas:).


and to the car park at St Mary's, where this delightful gorgeous surprise in the form of St Mary's light show waited . It was a perfect end to the evening.