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CHURCH NOTICES...
The Filling Station - Poitou-Charentes. Local Christians of all denominations who meet for spiritual renewal and evangelism. www.thefillingstationfrance.com or Carolyn on 05 45 84 19 03. The English Speaking Church of the Valley of the Loire (ESCOVAL) meets at the R.C. Church in Arçay every 3rd Sunday of the month at 11am (just off the D759, Thouars to Loudun). ALL SAINTS, VENDÉE - Puy de Serre. We hold two services each month (+ Sunday school), on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at the church of St. Marthe, Puy de Serre, at 11am. www.allsaintsvendee.fr
Eglise Vie Nouvelle Bilingual (French / English) weekly service based in Civray See www.vie-nouvelle-civray.com Contact 05 49 87 49 04 The Chaplaincy of Christ the Good Shepherd, Poitou-Charentes, normally holds Sunday services in English. Please see our website for current information: www.churchinfrance.com Christian Fellowship - Chef Boutonne Meeting each Sunday at 15h 30 Visit chef-boutonne.net or telephone 05 49 29 81 34
LOCAL MARKETS
Mondays......... Benet 85490 La Châtaigneraie (last Monday in month) 85120 Lencloître (1st Monday in month) 86140 Tuesdays......... Lezay 79120 Civray 86400 Coulonges-sur-l’Autize 79160 Thouars 79100 - and - Bressuire 79300 Vasles 79340 Wednesdays.... Parthenay 79200 - and - Celles-sur-Belle 79370 Ruffec 16700 Thursdays........ Sauzé-Vaussais 79190 - and - Niort 79000 La Mothe St Héray 79800 Gençay 86160 Fridays............... Thouars 79100 - and - Melle 79500 Secondigny 79130 (pm)-and-St Aubin le Cloud (pm) Civray 86400 (small food market) Antigny 85120 (1st and 3rd Fridays - pm) La Mothe Saint-Héray 79800 (Place Clémenceau) Saturdays........ Bressuire 79300 - and - Champdeniers 79220 Chef-Boutonne 79110 Airvault 79600 - and - Niort 79000 Saint Maixent-l’École 79400 Fontenay-le-Comte 85200 Ruffec 16700 Magné 79460 and Moncoutant 79320 Sundays............ Coulon 79510 - and - Neuville-de-Poitou 86170 Thénezay 79390 Saint-Varent 79330 Saint-Loup-Lamairé 79600
The National Holidays, Religious and Feast Days
2021... Sat 25 December Christmas Day (Noël)
2022...
Sat 1 January New Year’s Day (Jour de l’an)
Sun 17 April Easter Sunday (Pâques)
Mon 18 April Easter Monday (Pâques)
Sun 1 May Labour Day (Fête du premier mai)
Sun 8 May VE 1945 (Fête du huitième mai)
Thu 26 May Ascension Day (Ascension)
Sun 5 June Whit Sunday (Pentecôte)
Mon 6 June Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
Thu 14 July Bastille Day (Fête nationale)
Mon 15 Aug Assumption day (Assomption)
Tue 1 November All Saints’ Day (Toussaint)
Fri 11 November
Armistice Day (Armistice) source www.publicholidays.fr
The information here is as accurate as we can get it but PLEASE check events have not been cancelled or altered before you leave the house. WHAT’S ON DIARY
01-05/12 ONLINE AUCTION ASSOCIATION GALIA. https://www.facebook.com/
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03/12 DES ILLUMINATIONS DE NOËL
COULONGES-SUR-L'AUTIZE 79160. Christmas illuminations and fireworks by the Mandalights Company. 18h30, Place du Château.
03-05/12 FOIRE DE NOËL MAILLEZAIS 85420. The magic of Christmas in a warm oriental atmosphere, among the stalls and tents in front of the Cathedral. Friday: 18h00 - 22h00. Saturday: 14h - 22h. Sunday: 10h30 to 19h.
04/12 CHRISTMAS AT THE PETITE FERME
D'ALPACAS ARGENTONNAY 79150. Christmas on the farm. Illuminations in Santa's Alpacas Cave. 10€ (Also 8,11,15 and 22/12).
04/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL CHAMPDENIERS 79220. Artisans, creators, local producers at a quality market and Santa Claus will be present for carriage rides. 10h - 19h.
04/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL SAINTE-NEOMAYE 79260. Christmas market. Catering on site (mulled wine, delicacies) Santa Claus will also be present 16h - 21h30.
04-05/12 LE VILLAGE DE NOËL LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-LAURENT 79430. Craft and farmers' market. Saturday evening Tartiflette (by reservation). Presence of Santa Claus on both days. Free. 10h - 18h.
04-05/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL CERIZAY 79140. Craft and farmers' market. Free 17h - 20h (4th), 10h - 18h (5th).
04-05/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL ST-LOUPSUR-THOUET 79600. Sat: 12h to 23h. Sun: 10h to 19h. More than 100 artisans and traders. Local and regional crafts. Contact 06.74.53.83.30 or sisaintloup@gmail.com. 05/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL L'ABSIE 79240. Many exhibitors inside and out. Catering on site, refreshment bar and of course the arrival of Santa from 16h. Open 10h - 18h.
05/12 CONCERT ST HILAIRE DE VOUST 85120. Espace Beauchesne @ 15h30. First part: Violin duets,Ivane Daniau-Petitfils and Françoise Douvrain - classical, Irish & popular tunes Second part: Wind Band. Original compositions for wind bands and Film themes. 8€ for adults, school children free. Reservation 02 51 00 43 49 / 02 51 00 51 96
10/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL VASLES 79340. Artisans, Creators and local Producers. Games for the children 17h - 22h.
10-11/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL NUEIL-LESAUBIERS 79250. Many exhibitors and catering on site. Fireworks will close this market on 12th around 18h30. 15h - 20h (10th) 11h - 19h (11th).
10-12/12 FOIRE DE NOËL MAILLEZAIS 85420. The magic of Christmas in a warm oriental atmosphere, among the stalls and tents in front of the Cathedral. Friday: 18h to 22h. Saturday: 14h to 22h Sunday: 10h30 19h.
11/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL ANTIGNY 85120. Crafts, local products, children's entertainment and show at 16h. Visit of Santa Claus. Meals on site or to take away 11h to 19h.
11/12 MARCHÉ DE NOEL CHANVERRIE 85130. More than 50 exhibitors and many festivities planned: -Carriage ride with a donkey, Magic show, Visit of Santa Claus and gifts for children. Catering and bar on site. 14h to 23h.
11-12/12 LA MAGIE DE NOËL LA MOTHESAINT-HERAY 79800. Market and music throughout the weekend.
04-05/12 CREATORS' MARKET "PINK
DAY" NIORT 79000. 86 stalls. Decorations, jewellery etc. Soft drinks and 2 food trucks outside. 10h - 19h.
05/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL SAINT-GELAIS 79140. About 20 exhibitors expected around the theme of the 5 senses. Santa's carriage. Refreshment bar (mulled wine and pancakes). 10h - 18h.
05/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL FAYE-SUR-ARDIN 79160. Also free entertainment: make-up, bouncy castles and magician. 10h - 18h. 11/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL COULONGES-SURL'AUTIZE 79160. Christmas market with some novelties. 16h to 21h.
11/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL LA CRECHE 79260. Christmas market 14h to 21h.
11-12/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL THOUARS 79100. Stroll through the streets of the city centre and find that gift idea.
12/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL SAINTE-HERMINE 85210. Christmas market plus new activities for children 10h to 19h. 12/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL SAINT-PARDOUXSOUTIERS 79310 Producers, artisans and creators 10h to 18h.
17-19/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL PARTHENAY 79200. Christmas market.
17-19/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL CHANTONNAY 85110. Stroll and enjoy the magic of Christmas throughout the chalets and arcades 09h to 18h.
17-19/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL FONTENAY-LECOMTE 85200. A Lego exhibition, the arrival of Santa Claus on Saturday evening, the fireworks, the merry-go-round, waders, a fire show, wooden games, the carriage and lots of surprises!
18/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL SAINT-HILAIREDES-LOGES 85240. Christmas market.
18/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL CHEF-BOUTONNE 79110. From 10h to 20h Centre Culturals. Mulled wine, mince pies, pain épice, animations, Santa and his Elf. Stall holders welcome, no fee. For more info call Amanda Holmes on 06 02 35 90 53.
18-19/12 FAITES DES LUMIÈRES SAINTMAIXENT-L'ECOLE 79400. On the theme of giants with Mo and the red ribbon and many other highlights.
18-19/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL ARGENTONNAY 79150. The Château de l'Ebaupinay hosts Christmas with decorations, hot drinks, festive atmosphere and various artisan stands. Free 10h to 21h30.
19/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL GENÇAY 86160. Open from 9h30.
19/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL MOUILLERON 85390. Christmas market, entertainment, carriage rides, presence of Santa Claus. 10h to 18h.
19/12 MARCHÉ DE NOËL SAINTE-PEXINE 85320. Christmas market and live Nativity Scene. 15h30.
Remember we do not have a January issue.
If you know of any events coming up in February, please let us know so we can tell everyone else.
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International Day of ..... International Day of .....
... Christmas Jumper Day (10th December)
by Beryl Brennan
Do you wear a Christmas jumper? What is a Christmas jumper? No, it’s not a snowshoe hare from the Arctic which can jump as high at 3 metres. It’s a sweater, usually knitted with a roll neck and featuring a Christmas or winterscene design and usually worn during the festive season.
Back in the 1980s some TV presenters such as Gyles Brandreth began wearing a Christmas jumper; Val Doonican and Andy Williams (remember the crooners?!) started to wear them during their TV Christmas specials. However 10 or so years later the sweaters fell out of favour and were hidden away as something to be embarrassed about. 10 years after that they gained camp appeal and Amazon reported increased sales of 600% in 2011! In 2012 the Daily Telegraph described them as ‘the season’s must have’ and Topman shops sold 34 different designs.
Having one particular day for everyone to wear their Christmas jumper was an initiative started in 2012 by Save the Children, dedicated to supporting children around the world desperately needing help and using the slogan ‘make the world better with a sweater’. The idea is that Christmas is all about magic for children and so funds are raised through sponsorship pledges per jumper worn by friends and colleagues in the workplace, in schools and by family at home. It’s not a set date but always celebrated on the Friday 2 weeks before Christmas Day. Many celebrities now wear a Christmas jumper and there are even Ugly Christmas Sweater Contests annually in the US.
The idea has caught on so well that now it’s great fun to see the different designs and ideas created. You don’t even have to buy a Christmas jumper to take part; dig out an old sweater or one you never usually wear and jazz it up by adding Christmas motifs, sequins, small Christmas decorations. How about popping into a charity shop, they often have a Christmas jumper or two on sale. Or swap your jumper with a friend’s one. There are even Christmas jumpers for dogs and cats! Each year more people take part and it’s now caught on around the world. Get Together Association sometimes have a prize awarded to the most voted Christmas Jumper at their Christmas lunch.
Whilst it’s fun to see everyone from grandparents to work colleagues wearing crazy festive jumpers on Christmas Jumper Day with maybe reindeer antlers bobbing about on heads and Christmas tree earrings , let’s not forget that the main focus of the day is to raise money for children in need around the world, to keep them nourished with food, acquire education, change their future. Donate through this weblink
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/christmas-jumper-day
to celebrate Christmas Jumper Day.
by Beryl Brennan
On a more sombre note, the IARD was launched in 1998 and is held on this date every year to remember the animal victims of human tyranny in whatever form and to inform people that animals are sentient creatures that experience many of the feelings that we as humans do too. It’s to encourage kindness and respect due to all animals; the Universal Declaration of Animal Rights states that ‘animal rights are a logical progression from basic human rights’.
For hundreds of years man has been killing and mistreating animals for personal gain so in 1993 two ladies from Sheffield, Angela Roberts and Lynn Williamson, founded the Uncaged charity which has been campaigning for improvement in animal welfare, eradication of deliberate cruelty and the killing of billions of animals every year. Their goal was to highlight all forms of violence against animals and this date – 10th December – was chosen because of coincides with Human Rights Day, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948. Originally they campaigned for the expansion of the Declaration claiming that animals have the right not to suffer pain and die because of human activity and because animals can’t protect themselves from people. They campaigned against animal experiments, experiments of animal to human transplants (pig kidney to human transplant) and animal testing. Uncaged says ‘we operate on every level from grassroots protests to lobbying Parliament. We contribute to numerous Government consultation exercises on animal experimentation and give evidence to their enquiries’.
Many people accept that animals feel pain and have feelings; one only has to watch the Sir David Attenborough documentaries on television to learn of animal family bonds, particularly in gorillas and elephants. So it’s important that people start thinking of animals as companions instead of property; abstain from all animal use including meat, leather, milk, silk; stop animal experiments. Animals are not inferior and do not live for the sole purpose of catering to the needs and wants of humans. Like some segments of the human race suffer sexism and racism, animals also suffer because they can’t defend themselves. Many people believe that ‘leisure pursuits’ should be banned including rodeo, greyhound racing, horseracing, circuses, dog fighting and using marine animals in displays.
Candlelit vigils are held around the world by thousands of animal rights supporters to mark this special day and to call for the recognition of the rights of all sentient beings to life, liberty and enjoyment of the world.
To read more about their work, click on this weblink.
http://www.uncaged.co.uk/
As holidays go this one has just been pure hard work. I suppose sooner or later we all have one of those but this one has been very special. Whilst the family youngsters have been rowing their particular boats as if nothing is happening the not-so-youngsters have been struggling. Health issues abound and there has been a mobilisation call-up of family members from all points of the American compass to come to the aid of the injured parties and all responders have subsequently been issued with helpful tasks. Survival is somehow assured.
COP26 has been all about the health of our planet, and there are more than plenty of tasks to share out. Even for a large, widely spread family, such as ours, it is not possible to help with them all so we have decided to concentrate our efforts on the friendly Walrus. Whereas Walruses have been around somewhere or another for literally ages more recently they seem to have supplemented flipper power with hitching rides on yachts and nuclear submarines, and are getting used to featuring in the media. Obviously they need their shuteye and seem as well adapted to eye resting as delegates who are working night and day at the (perhaps soon to be extinct) coal face to make their world greener. Icefloes are getting scarcer due to global warming so bedding down on the deck of a submarine is an adjustment they are prepared to accept. But seriously though, 'citizen scientists' are in demand in order to help the WWF and Brtish Antarctic Survey with their Walrus From Space research project, which does sound a little 'out there' in several ways, but hey, it's not counting sheep, it's counting the high resolution images of Atlantic walrus and walrus from the Laptev sea. Apparently little is known about the number of walrus that exist along the vast 25,000 sq km largely inaccessible Arctic coastline, and global warming is heating up their habitat with 13% or so of the summer sea ice disappearing every decade. Satellite images provide the eyes in the sky so that this habitat can be 'scoured', and earthbound 'citizen scientists' are needed to help with scrutinising the headcount so that the speed of the effects of global warming on the poor old walrus can be measured.
So enough of "blah blah blah". Let us lend our energies to do what we can for the walrus and all threatened species, and I leave you with a happy view of the Walrus Synchronised Swimming Team rehearsing for their next performance. Best wishes for the holidays
Expat
We are very happy to say that Keynotes choir now has a large, light, comfortable space to practice in. We meet every Thursday afternoon at 14h30 in the Salle des Fêtes, 5 rue de la Mairie, 79240 Scillé. We are pleased to have found such a comfortable area, where we can practice in a safe environment. Rehearsals carry on apace for our Christmas concerts which will be held as follows : December 4th – 15.00 Outside the Café Cour Du Miracle, 85120 Vouvant**
December 5th - 9 to 12.30 around the market in Verruyes, 79310**
December 10th – 20.00 Château de Saugé, 2 Sauge, Saivres, 79400 December 11th – 20.00 Salle des Fêtes, 5 rue de la Mairie, 79240 Scillé - mulled wine and mince pies following the performance. Entrance free December 17th – 19.00 Château de Saugé, 79400 N.B. The Chateau concerts are only for guests who will be eating the Christmas menu at the Chateau. On a separate note Reaction Theatre activity is likely to be restarting in the spring - anyone interested in being involved please contact us on info@reactiontheatre.eu for more details. The Creative Writing group is looking for more members to allow them to set up. Please contact ian.gawn@orange.fr for more information.
by Sally Cox
** Please check on our website and Facebook page for timings for these events, which may change.
For more information visit www.reactiontheatre.eu or find us on Facebook
December
December 1st 1955
In Montgomery Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to vacate a seat in the” coloured “section at the back of bus in favour of a white passenger as the "white" section was filled. This was a violation of the city’s racial segregation laws. Parks’ refusal was spontaneous but she had been privy to discussions by local civil rights leaders who had been planning a challenge to Montgomery’s racist bus laws for several months.
December 2nd 1804
In Notre Dame Cathedral, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I. He was the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head.
December 3rd 1967
53-year-old Louis Washkansky receives the first human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. Surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the revolutionary medical operation. The South African grocer dying from chronic heart disease, received the transplant from Denise Darvall, a 25-year-old woman who was fatally injured in a car accident.
December 7th 1941
At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbour in a ferocious assault. Five battleships, three destroyers, and seven other ships were sunk or severely damaged, and more than 200 aircraft were destroyed. A total of 2,400 Americans were killed and 1,200 were wounded. Japan’s losses were some 30 planes, five midget submarines, and fewer than 100 men.
December 11th 1936
After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson. He gave a radio address in which he explained, “I have found it impossible to carry on the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge the duties of king, as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love”.
December 12th 1901
Italian Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean, disproving detractors who told him that the curvature of the earth would limit transmission to 200 miles or less. The message–simply the Morse-code signal for the letter “s”–travelled more than 2,000 miles from Cornwall, England, to Newfoundland, Canada.
December 14th 1912
Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his British rival Robert Falcon Scott. A storm later trapped Scott and the two surviving members of his expedition in their tent only 11 miles from their base camp. Scott’s frozen body was found later that year.
December 15th 1944
Captain Glen Miller boards a small U.S. Air Force plane in bad weather and disappears somewhere over the English Channel. Although frightened of flying he was en route to France for a congratulatory performance for the American troops that had recently helped to liberate Paris. The wreckage of Miller’s plane was never found and his official military status remains Missing in Action.
December 16th 1773
In Boston Harbour, USA, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the water. The midnight raid, popularly known as the “Boston Tea Party,” was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.
December 17th 1903
Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasolinepowered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight.
December 18th 1916
The Battle of Verdun, the longest engagement of World War I, ends on this day after ten months. The massive loss of life at Verdun—143,000 German dead out of 337,000 casualties, to France’s 162,440 out of 377,231—would come to symbolize, more than that of any other battle, the bloody nature of trench warfare on the Western Front.
December 28th, 1895
The world’s first commercial movie screening takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere, two French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the Cinematographe. Their invention had been shown to the public in March 1895, but on this evening the entrepreneurial siblings screened a series of short scenes from everyday French life and charged admission for the first time.
December 29th, 1170
Archbishop Thomas Becket is brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights of King Henry II of England, apparently on the orders of the king.
