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DECEMBER 2013

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CHILDREN 1ST (ELGIN) Provides a therapeutic service for children & young people to help them through the effects of abuse and neglect. Call Beth Fraser 01343 564170 or email : sheilagh.murray@ children1st.org.uk COFFEE CLUB Wednesdays 10.30 - 11.30am. All Welcome. Join us at the Findhorn Village Centre for homebakes and chat! Call Karin on 01309 692339. FORRES & DISTRICT ROUND TABLE Contact Gary Banford 671435 FORRES RAMBLERS 1st Saturday each month, 9.30am at bottom of car park (opposite Applegrove School). Contact Carolyn Boyd 672286

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FITNESS LEAGUE (FORRES BRANCH) Tuesdays 10-11am, Forres House. Low impact exercise class in a relaxed atmosphere. Level - basic to moderate. Age 30+. Call Pam Watson 672971 FINDHORN VILLAGE CENTRE To provide recreational/leisure facilities, encourage educational groups, participation training, after-school clubs/IT resources for Findhorn inhabitants. Contact Christine Hunt 692339

KINLOSS & FORRES MODEL CLUB 2nd & 4th Friday each month from 6:30pm - 9:30pm at Findhorn Village Centre. Contact Tom Docherty on 01309 675059 or Paul Mortimer 07849 871853 MORAY GAELIC GROUP Mondays, 7:30pm - 9pm, at Moray College. Conversation classes led by volunteer native gaelic speakers. ÂŁ5 membership. moraygaelicgroup@uhi.ac.uk www.facebook.com/moraygaelic

FORRES 50 PLUS GROUP WALKING SECTION 2nd Friday of the month, 5 to 10 miles long. Usually good tracks or paths though sometimes over rougher stretches. (Affiliated to Grampian 50 plus Network) Call Margaret or Dave 01309 671724 FORRES CAMERA CLUB Forres Town Hall. Every Thursday at 7.30pm. Come and share our interest in photography. All welcome. Contact Gordon Grant 671936.

MORAY ADVANCE MOTORISTS & MOTORCYCLISTS Reg. Scottish Charity SC 033561 visit www.morayiam.org.uk or call 01309 673954 MORAY GROUP OF THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED Volunteers needed at sessions to lead ponies or to act as helpers for riders. Mon &/or Wed afternoons at Cranloch Riding Centre near Elgin. No experience needed, training provided. Call Denise on 01343 850310

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS If, at the beginning of December, I wished you all a Happy New Year you would rightly say, "Hold on a bit Padre, aren’t you a bit early and putting the cart before the horse?" Well, not exactly, especially if I am strictly following the Christian calendar which, perhaps surprisingly to some, is somewhat at odds with what we have traditionally grown to expect! How so? Well, the Christian calendar is more concerned with the chronological dates and times of the coming of Christ into the world and is often regarded and looked upon as swimming against the tide! On the other hand there are those who want to celebrate Christmas anytime between bonfire night and Easter with the New Year squeezed and pushed into a corner! Seriously though, when we talk about Christmas throughout the centuries, we are all guilty of glamourising the scene and forget that there was very little peace for the principal players! Naturally, every mother wants to have things just right for their newborn. Yet we still glamourise the birth of the Christ child in ways that

are unholy and crass given the privileges and abilities of our modern age. Throughout the world today there are still profoundly inhumane incidents, such as we have seen on our TV screens by those latter day Herods in Syria and in many other countries, to say nothing of those which have touched our own hearts and minds! At Christmas too, words have great power amongst us all. These can bear the potential to break through, to unleash and to dismantle old worlds and to create new ones. For example, to say 'goodbye' is to bring closure to what has been or done and let go. The words "sorry" that are spoken and received in truth, can release old transgressions and creating new beginnings. The words "I love you" can also initiate a new and profound dimension within an already existing relationship! Such is the power of the birth of Jesus Christ. These, and many more, ought to be at the top of our Christmas lists! There is, however, a parable (a story with a meaning) that is so poignant as we approach Christmas

Caroline Street Gospel Hall Sundays 6.30pm: gospel meetings. Tel: 01309 674375. Email: glcinfo@tiscali.co.uk Dyke Church - Church of Scotland Sunday worship 10am. Family service. Tea/coffee and fellowship after every service. Contemporary evening service with the Praise Band on the first Sunday of the month. Email: john_macg@hotmail.com. Edinkillie Parish - Church of Scotland Sunday worship 11.30am. Contact Mr Campbell Falconer (session clerk): 01309 674249. Kinloss, Findhorn & Alves Church of Scotland Alternating weekly. Kinloss and Findhorn 10am. Alves first Sunday of each month at 11.30am. Tel: 01309 690931 or 01309 690349. Lighthouse Baptist Church Clovenside Chapel, Forres. Sunday service 10:30am and 6.30pm. Refreshments served afterwards. Contact: 01309 676434. Email: info@lighthousechurch.co.uk Website: www.lighthousechurch.co.uk Rafford Church Sundays 9.30am: family service. Our praise is from CH3 and Mission Praise. After the service, we enjoy fellowship over a cup of tea and a biscuit. We have a lively Sunday school with Bible stories, songs, games and crafts. You are also

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that one could do no better than reaching to words from St Matthew's Gospel in the Bible and there from Chapter 25 which reminds us that Jesus Christ is amongst the poor, the naked, the imprisoned and sick. So many of us (including this writer!) get caught up daily in thinking all sorts of issues are terribly important... our doctrines, our 'churchiness', our morals, but this parable makes it quite clear that ultimate judgement is about our response to human need! Along with all at 'SpotLight' may I wish you and yours a very happy and holy Christmas. May God Bless you and keep you.

Rev Duncan Shaw (Retired) Forres

invited to join us at 4.30pm on the third Sunday of each month for a contemporary style act of worship. Contact Anne Garrow (session clerk): 01309 672930. St John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church Sundays 8am: communion. 10am: family communion. Tel: 01309 672856. Email: stjohnsforres@btinternet.com. Website: www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.com St Laurence Church Sundays 10am: family service. Tel: 01309 672260. Email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com St Leonards Church Sundays 10.30am: family service. Tea and coffee served afterwards. Tel: 01309 672380. Email: donald.prentice@tesco.net. Website: www.stleonardschurchforres.com St Margaret’s Catholic Church Mass on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday 10am. Contact Father Barnett: 01667 453323. If you are a member of a church not listed here and would like to be considered for inclusion or if there are any amendments to be made to existing details, please email tamsyn@spotlighton.co.uk

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Summer Term Starts Mon 14th Apr 2014 May Day Holiday Mon 5th May 2014 In-Service Day Thurs 22nd May 2014 In-Service Day Fri 23rd May 2014 Summer Term Ends Fri 4th Jul 2014 for 2014/2015 (all dates inclusive) Autumn Term Starts Tues 19th Aug 2014 Autumn Term Ends Fri 10th Oct 2014 Autumn Holiday Starts Mon 13 Oct 2014 Autumn Holiday Ends Fri 24 Oct 2014 Winter Term Starts Mon 27 Oct 2014

Useful Contacts SCHOOLS Alves Primary ..............................................01343 850247 Andersons Primary School ..........................01309 672887 Applegrove Primary School ........................01309 672367 Dyke Primary School ..................................01309 641275 Dallas Primary School..................................01343 890206 Kinloss Primary School ................................01309 690376 Logie Primary School ..................................01309 611258 Moray Steiner School ..................................01309 676300 Pilmuir Primary School ................................01309 673034 Rose Abbey School ....................................01309 691872 Forres Academy ..........................................01309 672271

PHARMACIES Clear Pharmacy ..........................................01309 672614 Rowlands Pharmacy ..................................01309 672784 Boots ..........................................................01309 673370

DENTISTS Orchard Road ..............................................01309 675544 Leys ..............................................................01309 673553

OTHERS Police Station ................................................................101 Bus Station, Elgin .........................................01343 544222 Citizens Advice Bureau ...............................01343 550088 Inverness Airport .........................................01667 464000 Dallas Village Hall.........................................01343 890243 James Milne Institute (Findhorn) ................01309 692365 Rafford District Hall ......................................01309 674583 Forres Town Hall ..........................................01309 675140 Moray Council (Forres) ................................01309 694000 Moray Council (Elgin)...................................01343 543451 National Rail Enquiries ................................08457 484950 Forres Library ..............................................01309 672834 Forres House Com Education Centre..........01309 672838

VETS Moray Coast Veterinary Group ....................01309 672243

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It hardly seems like a year has passed since the last Christmas’ edition of Spotlight and I will firstly take the opportunity to wish all the readers the very best for the festive season and beyond into 2014. The year has absolutely flown by for me and I am very much looking forward to a little bit of rest at home and to catching up with friends and family, as I am sure many of you will be as well. As we head into 2014 there will be a very obvious big political event keeping me busy, in the shape of the referendum, but as a sports fan I’m really looking forward to the Commonwealth Games coming to Scotland. The build up is going to be fantastic and if I can squeeze in a couple of rock concerts along the way it will be an absolutely great year!

Fresh from a busy Halloween and Guy Fawkes with the kids, the family excitement is already mounting as we head towards Christmas. With a job that keeps me away from home most weekdays the biggest boost at Christmas is everybody being at home together and spending quality time. There are many who would love to have that same time at Christmas but who will be working shopworkers, hospitality workers, hospital staff, the emergency services and armed forces personnel who are in various parts of the world carrying out a very challenging role. I would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas but especially to those who will be away from home.

Richard Lochhead MSP

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NOVEMBER 25 monday friends of guiding coffee morning 10 am til midday at forres town hall. call tina coffey on 01309 676936

26 tuesday sportmoray recognition awards elgin town hall. recognising sporting individuals and teams from moray. for further details, contact 01343 563657 pirate highland xmas promotion evening 6pm - 9pm at highland beauty clinic, 153 high street, forres. tickets £5 - avail from 1st nov. call 01309 675674

27 wednesday nairn u3a 1:45pm, community centre, nairn. evelyn main will talk on embroidery, design and the tapestry of scotland. all welcome. contact pauline on 01667 453537 or visit www.nairnu3a.org.uk

28 thursday moray society lecture 2pm, elgin museum hall. a talk by margaret woodward. entry is £3, £2 for society members, £1.50 for students. for more information call elgin museum on 01343 543675 or email curator@elginmuseum.org.uk PSSSSSST SANTA, BEAUTIFUL REFURBISHED BIKES MAINTENANCE CLASSES GIFT VOUCHERS

29 friday miro film night: the old man and the sea 7pm for 7:30pm in the milne institute, findhorn. £5 at the door includes a glass of wine. in aid of moray inshore rescue organisation. st andrews ceilidh 7:30pm, duffus village hall. byob. tickets £8 from duffus post office son al son @ universal hall 7:30pm. £12/£10 conc /£8 u16s. call the phoenix stores on 01309 690110 or visit www.universalhall.co.uk wine and pottery night @ the loft 7:30pm. call 01343 850111 to book a place. logie primary school concert - "cider with rosie" 7pm, forres town hall. £4 with free mulled wine & mince pie. contact 01309 672552 the lafontaines @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

30 saturday st andrews ceilidh with the julie mcritchie trio 8pm, rafford village hall. come and celebrate st andrew’s day with us. all welcome. tickets £7 including stovies. contact sarah (01309) 674583 or email higgsco@aol.com christmas lights switch-on 5pm, tolbooth, forres. with culbin singers and elgin city band. james ross concert @ brodie castle within the main drawing room. for further details and to book call 0844 493 2156 or go onto www.nts.org.uk/events forres craftmakers collective, dickensian christmas market 1pm - 5pm, forres tolbooth. all local and handmade crafts. free entry, all welcome. for more info visit us on facebook. moray steiner school christmas market’10:30am 3:30pm, forres town hall. children's activities, gifts, crafts,music cafe & homebakes. a great family day out. roseisle village hall christmas fayre 11am - 2pm at roseisle village hall. come and shop for unique christmas presents, visit santa and relax and enjoy our homemade refreshments.

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walk, jog, run moray winter 5k and 1.5k challenge buckie. www.walkjogrunmoray.org.uk lofty arts family craft session @ the loft 11am - 1pm. £4 per child. glenn tilbrook @ ironworks 7:30pm. cabaret seating. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com tel: 01309 690063

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5 thursday black star riders @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

6 friday film forres doors open 6pm, forres town hall. visit www.filmforres.co.uk for films being shown. all ages welcome. come along and join our membership. sigma (moray’s astronomy club): christmas quiz and prize draw 7pm for a 7:30pm start. birnie village hall, near elgin. www.sigma-astro.co.uk first friday christmas fayre 10am - 2pm, duffus village hall. more info from cath on 01343 837864 movie night 7pm, garden room, findhorn village centre. bring your own booze & snacks. a choice of movies will be on offer. call karin for more info on 01309 692339.

friends of pilmuir christmas fayre 10am - 12pm, pilmuir primary school hall. adults £1.50. children 50p. treebadour puppet theatre presents a christmas special ‘oakydoak and bluebell’ 3pm, kinloss community church hall. £4 per person. to book or for more information phone elisabeth julian on 01309 691225 or visit www.treebadour.co.uk christmas bazaar 1pm - 5pm, findhorn village centre. crafts & christmas goodies for sale. afternoon teas. santa arrives at 2pm. call 01309 692311 for info. dancing queen abba tribute @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

7 saturday - 8 sunday brodie castle christmas craft fair 10am - 4pm. find the perfect present for those who have everything. adults £4. free mince pie and mulled wine at the stables further details at www.nts.org.uk/events

8 sunday miltonduff christmas craft fair and santa’s grotto 10am - 12pm, miltonduff hall. adult £2 entry. incl. tea/coffee and mince pie. children free entry. for further details call lorna on 07894 521559.

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christmas lunch 12pm - 3pm, findhorn village centre. buffet lunch celebration. call karin on 01309 692339. u3a 1.45pm at nairn community centre. dramatic entertainment by members led by penny wilson. all welcome. contact pauline on 01667 453537 or visit www.nairnu3a.org.uk

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elgin city youth development christmas fayre 12pm 4pm, elgin city football club (function suite) borough briggs road, elgin. stalls, raffles and more. tickets ÂŁ2 includes tea/coffee, christmas pie/shortbread, kids free. money raised for youth development fund. pluscarden hall christmas craft fair 2pm - 4:30pm at pluscarden hall. there will also be mince pies, tea and mulled wine. alabama 3 - undaground 4 life tour @ ironworks 7:30pm. 0871 7894173 / www.ironworksvenue.com

9 monday - 10 tuesday findhorn & kinloss osprey christmas outing please call karin to book your spaces on 01309 692339. this years trip will be to dobbies in inverness.

11 wednesday charity bottle bingo and teas 7:30pm doors open at 6:30pm in lossiemouth football club. melissa carr is fundraising to go out to south africa for a year as a volunteer to work in orphanages and teaching the children basic english. for scottish charity project trust contact melissa on 01343 813709 for info. advent service of remembrance 7pm, doors open 6pm, moray crematorium. memorial christmas tree to hang your special message and light a candle. mince pies and mulled wine will be served after the service and donations to marie curie cancer care.

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torridon @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

treebadour puppet theatre presents a christmas special ‘oakydoak and bluebell’ 11am and 1pm at tolbooth, forres. ÂŁ4 per person. to book or for more information phone elisabeth julian on 01309 691225 or visit www.treebadour.co.uk culbin singers christmas concert 7pm, st laurence church, forres. adult ÂŁ12, concs ÂŁ10, child ÂŁ5 from members 01309 672464 or email alasdair@ manachie.eclipse.co.uk christmas craft fayre 12:30pm - 4pm at dyke village hall. lots of stalls for last minute presents. in aid of dyke pre-school. music nairn presents richard morrison and friends 7:30pm at nairn community and arts centre. call 01667 453476 for more information. sister bliss (faithless) dj set @ ironworks 10:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

15 sunday family candlelit christingle service 6:30pm, st leonard's church. bring your own christingle or come and make one at 6pm in the hall. red kites @ ironworks 7:30pm. over 14s. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

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20 friday film forres christmas extravaganza film night and games doors open 6pm, forres town hall. visit www.filmforres.co.uk for film being shown. all ages welcome. come along and join our membership.

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2013 Christmas and New Year arrangements Council offices All council offices will be closed to the public from 3pm on Monday, December 24 until 8.45am on Thursday, January 3.

Emergency council services Over the holiday period the emergency out-of-hours service will operate as normal on 08457 565656 for all council services, including matters of child protection.

Community care Community care will operate on December 27, 28 and 31 and can be contacted via 01343 563999. Support workers will be contactable via their usual numbers. Day centres will be closed from December 21 until New Year. Swimming pools, fitness centres and community centres Buckie and Forres swimming pools and fitness centres and Keith and Lossiemouth sports and community centres – all closed from December 24 to January 2 inclusive, with a holiday activity timetable operating on January 3, 4, 5 and 6 before the normal timetable resumes on January 7. Forres House Community Centre – closed from December 24 to January 5 inclusive. Elgin Sports and Community Centre, Cullen Community and Residential Centre and Milne’s Learning Centre fitness room – closed from December 22 to January 2 inclusive. Speyside Sports and Community Centre – closed from December 24 to January 5 inclusive. Football pitches and pavilions Closed from December 24 to January 2 inclusive.

Refuse and recycling All services will be closed on December 25 and 25 and on January 1 and 2. Household refuse and recycling collections which would normally be made on December 25 and 26 will be made on Saturday, December 29 and Sunday, December 30 respectively. Collections which would normally be made on January 1 and 2 will be made on Saturday, January 5 and Sunday, January 6 respectively. For commercial refuse that would normally be uplifted on December 25 and January 1, the excess will be uplifted on Friday, December 28 and Friday, January 4 respectively. Commercial refuse that would normally be collected on December 26 and January 2 will be uplifted on Saturday, December 29 and Saturday, January 5 respectively.

Commercial paper/card and glass collections that would normally be made on December 25 and 26 will be made on Friday, December 29 and Saturday, December 29 respectively. Collections that would normally be made on January 1 and 2 will be made on Friday, January 4 and Saturday, January 5 respectively. The Chanonry recycling centre in Elgin will be closed on December 25 and 26 and January 1 and January 2. The recycling centres at Forres Buckie and Keith will be closed on December 25, 26 and 30 and on January 1, 2 and 6. The special collections and waste hotline will be closed from 3pm on Friday, December 21 and will reopen at 9pm on Thursday, January 3. Further information is available from the waste hotline on 01343 557045 or from waste@moray.gov.uk

Public conveniences All public conveniences will be closed on December 25 and 26 and on January 1 and 2.

Libraries The libraries at Buckie, Elgin, Forres, Keith and Lossiemouth and the local heritage centre in Elgin will close at 4pm on December 24. Tomintoul library will not open on the evening of December 24. All facilities will be closed on December 25, 26 and 31 and on January 1 and 2. Normal opening hours will apply on December 27, 28 and 29. Mobile libraries will not operate from December 25 to January 2 inclusive.

Museums The Falconer Museum in Forres will close at 2pm on December 24 and reopen at 10am on January 3.

Registrars All offices will be closed on December 25, 26 and 31 and on January 1 and 2. The Elgin office will be open on December 27 and 28 by appointment – call 01343 554600. Emergency registrations can be made throughout the festive period by calling 07580 956469 or 07891 721414.

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When the party is over... We see in the Bible that we are all unclean in God’s sight because of our sins. You may not think that you are a hell-deserving sinner, but God is Holy and He hates sin. Sin will keep you from being with God in heaven for eternity and damn you to Hell, unless you receive God’s forgiveness for sin which is found only in His Son Jesus Christ. God’s word reveals that if you die in an unclean & unforgiven state, because of your own choice, you’ll go to hell with all the other people who refused God’s mercy. There are many people, and you may be one of them, who believe that life should be one never ending party; friends to meet, places to go, and things to get and do, seeking constant amusement in the pursuit of happiness, needing non-stop activity to fill the emptiness inside, to fight the boredom that surrounds them.

You may think. “That’s okay - all my party friends will be there too!” Yes, sadly they will be there too if they too reject Christ, but the thick blackness of “outer darkness” will separate you from each other. It is a place of torment, never ending fear and punishment and you’ll be there on your own.

Right now you are without God in this world and have no hope, but in Christ Jesus you, who are far off, can be brought near by the blood of Christ; He Drugs, alcohol, immoral relationships, money can be your peace. You can know that when you and music are some of the most popular die (and you will die) you will be in Heaven, not choices in this party called life. We don’t want Hell. to think about the fact the party will end. However there is an enemy to all this pleasure- Take a moment, please consider and underseeking excitement. It is death. We all have an stand God’s love for you in giving His Son, the Wonderful Lord Jesus Christ to die for your sin on appointment with death and eternity. The Cross of Calvary and then three days later to You have a God-given eternal soul and the rise again from the dead. He can be your Saviour. Bible makes it clear that you will spend You must call upon the name of the Lord, acknowleternity somewhere when the party is over. edging and turning from your sins and trusting Where you will be in eternity may not matter to Him, and only Him, to save you. you right now. The thought of facing a sin-hating, Holy God or talk of His dear Son the For God so loved the world that he gave his only Lord Jesus Christ are subjects you probably begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. He avoid at all costs. that believeth on him is not condemned: but he The Lord is trying to reach you now, because that believeth not is condemned already, because once your “party” is over it will be too late. he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16,18)

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Seafood and Pumpkin Stew Sweet winter vegetables such as pumpkins and squash are intensely warming and great value. Here I have used them with shellfish – the flavours work perfectly together. 12 large raw or frozen defrosted shell-on prawns 2 bay leaves 10 peppercorns 10 parsley sprigs Small pumpkin or butternut squash 3 tbsp oil 2 tbsp mustard seeds 3 sprigs rosemary 250g firm white fish 8 scallops Peel the prawns. Put the shells in a large saucepan with the bay leaves, peppercorns and parsley. Add 1 litre water and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Peel and chop the pumpkin, and brown in the oil in a large pan. When nicely coloured, add the mustard seeds, brown for a couple of minutes, add the rosemary, then pour in the prawn stock through a sieve, discarding the contents. Season, simmer for 20 minutes then mash. Add the fish, cut into large pieces, then the prawns and just colour the scallops. Remove the twiggy rosemary to serve in deep bowls Keep Exploring, John

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Fairy lights aren’t just for your Christmas tree. You can use this lighting to create different atmospheres in different rooms. Perhaps drape them across a mantel piece or you could wrap them around old urns or statues for a subtle but effective look. Decorating the tree is the most important part. I tend to keep it light and simple, with my Christmas colours being silver and white and add lots of fairy lights, to give it that extra special Christmas twinkle. You can add pussy willow to all the branches which make them fan out.

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INGREDIENTS 12 Mandarin oranges Grated zest of 1 lemon 2 Fresh lemon thyme sprigs 4 Large fresh mint leaves 1 Quantity pâte á bombe 1 Quantity Italian meringue 300ml double cream

Pâte á bombe 100ml Water 150g Caster sugar 5 Large free-range egg yolks Put water and sugar in a small heavy pot and slowly dissolve. Turn up the heat and boil for 5 to 7 minutes to 120°C.Whisk the yolks until pale. Continue whisking and slowly add the sugar syrup until it’s a thick foam. Italian meringue 120g Caster sugar 2 Tablespoons water 2 Large free-range egg whites Use the same method as pâte á bombe taking the egg whites to soft peak stage before adding the syrup. Whisk for about 5 minutes. For the mousse Grate the zest from 4 of the mandarins and lemon then reserve. Half all the fruit and squeeze the juice. You should have 500ml. Pour the juice into a sauce pan and add the thyme and mint, boil to reduce to 200ml Make the pâte á bombe and meringue and cool both. Strain the infused fruit juice through a fine sieve into a bowl. Stir the mandarin juice into the pâte á bombe until smooth and then fold in the meringue. Finally whip the cream until softly stiff and fold into the mousse. Divide between individual dishes or spoon into one large bowl chill until softly set.

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