Tag archives for Christmas
Surviving Christmas 40 Anniversary brings new chair!
By Simon HobsonSurviving Christmas, the Hastings and Rother registered charity, is now in its fortieth year providing hampers to over 700 nominated families, and offering a two-day event over Christmas…
Mary Christmas!
The Bale House Visitor Centre in Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve will be inviting children to meet, not Santa, but the even more rarely seen Mrs Claus. A specially constructed…
Creepy Crawly Christmas
Should we swap our traditional Christmas turkey for a plate of locusts to help the environment, asks Susan McFie? Love it or hate it, Christmas is coming and it’s just…
Community Round Up
Cozy Christmas Corner Churches all over the country have been looking at ways to offer help to those finding energy costs a struggle. St Leonards Methodist Church on Bohemia Road…
Deck The Hall!
Christmas Day celebrations for all at the Salvation Army Hall, Hastings “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” — Dr. Seuss…
The Joy of Giving 2020
Last year we wrote about all the help the Hastings community was giving to others during the Christmas period. The article, called Christmas: The Joy of Giving, celebrated the community…
Christmas Is Coming And The Lights Will Be Going Up
St Leonards Town Team are holding a party! Join them at the Masonic Hall St Leonards on Friday 25th October to raise money and get the Christmas lights twinkling again…
The very almost Batty food quiz 2018
Here in the soufflé and whisk of Christmas cheer I have decided to give you something,. I know, iI know, all you have done is taken, but I’m so generous,…
Creative Christmas shopping at the Arts Forum
By Fiona McGarry If you’re looking for interesting local arts or crafts for Christmas presents, Hastings and St Leonards are bursting at the seams with Christmas fairs and bazaars this…
Chocolate Coated Almond Spice Biscuits
These biscuits are very basic, with only a subtle almond flavouring and spiciness. They are perfect to make in December, as the smell of cinnamon and ginger drifting through the…
The Christmas Tree
By Roy Browning with illustrations by Mike Raxworthy reviewed by Pete Donohue When Phil and Ann Gill turned up with a typewritten poem at local illustrator Mike Raxworthy's studio he…
A Penny Pincher’s Christmas Carol – Hastings’ alternative Christmas panto at The Palace
Local writing and performing team Kate Tym and John Knowles (aka It’s Not Us) have already established themselves with a series of successful small theatre productions at various venues across…
Crafty Christmas Pop-Up
If you’re stuck for gift ideas for Christmas, or just want to get into the seasonal spirit, we’ve got something to jingle your The popular Pop-Up Emporium is back! Taking…
Get Creative This Christmas
The festive season stalks us once again, presenting the usual difficulty of coming up with interesting and exclusive gifts for family and loved ones. Here in Hastings and St Leonard’s,…