Once upon a Christmas in lawshall

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Good morning all!
So how will you make your Friday that little bit more productive 🤔

Would you 1) like to have the chance to think of someone?
Would you 2) like to have the chance to think of a few people?
Would you 3) like the chance to think of absolutely everyone that is atleast linked to you or your family?

I know now which option I would choose. 3! All day everyday!

Today if you pick option 3! All you have to do is ring your Dr's, and ask a simple question.......
Is my smear up to date and when can I book in.

Don't be sat in my seat with a terminal diagnosis, preparing to leave behind a Fantastic husband and 4 children at the age of 32!

Don't walk round in that haze thinking it won't happen to me! Because cancer doesn't care who you are!

looking at the ceiling!

Good evening fellow people of lawshall,

as you are aware the sole purpose of myself creating this page was to try and bring some festivities to the village, whilst we was on restricted movements to keep as many people safe during these weird and untested times. I hope that the recipients of the Christmas card exchange enjoyed their cards from someone new in the village, I also hope you all managed a trip to golden woods to enjoy the log slices decorated by everyone, and I hope you managed to keep up with the daily advent calendars contributed by those of the village , and most importantly enjoy the big man himself passing through the village .

now my question is this , what to do with the page....... there are several options which we could carry the page forward rather then closing it down because Christmas is over , as I feel we still need to very much keep our spirits up whilst still in tier 4.

first option
would be a slight name change to the page - once upon a time in lawshall . and keep it to an open group for the community but with occasional competitions as the seasons go by, a page where people can add things either for sale , or people to share things such as recipes or hacks that could help others .

second option
would be to make it a help others page whilst we are all still locked down being as it has quite a strong holding of members which I feel would keep our community spirits going, and certainly help the more vulnerable amongst the village.

final option would be to close it as hope that it down and hope that its at least brought a smile to some on the countdown to Christmas

but I would certainly like to hear how others feel about it , so I open it to the floor what to do with the page now,

I myself am still very happy to keep posting things and thinking of ideas act ,as mentioned it kinda helps keep me sane during my ongoing treatment .

Just delivered the winning prize for the best dressed tree 2020, 😋 perfect for a cold evening and a good film I would think x

Well I think the likes speak for themselves, that there is one clear winner for the "best dressed Lawshall Tree 2020" the trophy & chocoholic bouquet will be on its way to you Peronel Knapp.

If you could send me a private message with your address I can make sure they get to you safely xXx

Massive well done & thank you to all those who joined in.

Last evening! Get your votes or uploads in for the "Lawshall" best Christmas tree. Entry with the most votes wins a trophy🏆 & a chocoholic bouquet 🍫 💐

Good morning Everyone! I hope you are all having a blast this morning, and those that have children in their households was able to arleast have a cupper before the stockings became target number 1 🤣.

Please do upload pics of your merry Christmas.

Sending lots of love and Christmas wishes from our household from behind "once upon a Christmas is lawshall xXx

so the kids are out of school and all excited for christmas so here's a little something that we play with our 4 children whether were out in the car or whilst visiting family .special prize for if someone can find a something that has a christmas V

Don't forget today's rainy day is a perfect chance to be indoors decorating your log slice ready to put on our lovely yew tree at golden woods to get your Christmas wish in 😚😜.

Also the fruit and veg stall will be in the village too today, gotta make sure you've got your satsumas for those stockings 😋

We at "once upon a Christmas " are working on ours today and will be trundling down later to hang them.

Sharing the face behind this page 🤗😘

I genuinely hope that this page is bringing some fun to the local residents, I know that this year has had quite an impact on peoples ability to socialise so they may feel lonely or a little isolated,
That's what prompted me to start this page, to allow those who may have no other sort of company or conversation, it also gives me the chance to clutch onto normality and something to sink my teeth into alongside my palliative treatments.

We at "once upon a time in Lawshall"are here to help, let's keep our fabulous community helping each other, whilst throwing in some fun events to get stuck into 🤗

Clare Skinner who has cancer is spreading Christmas cheer in Lawshall A mum-of-four with terminal cancer has been blown away by people’s help to make possibly her last Christmas with her family absolutely magical.

Good Morning Everyone ! I hope your all still feeling the festivities even with the drab weather that is currently surrounding us .

here i present another one of our fun competitions to get involved in.

simple upload a picture of your beautifully decorated christmas tree for all of us to admire , the photo with the most likes will not only win the trophy for lawshall's best dressed christmas tree 2020 but will also win a fabulous chocoholic bouquet.

winner will be announced boxing day !

so hurry get your pictures in and get all your friends and family to like your upload # #

Today's the last day to get yourself involved in the ✉️"Christmas card exchange" ✉️

🎅There's something quite magical about still receiving a christmas card through the post🎅

really easy to get involved x
Let us here at once upon a Christmas in Lawshall know your address, and we'll in return give you another's address in the village for you to send a heartwarming Christmas card too.

❤️ Come spread some lawshall Christmas love ❤️

⛄So just as a pre warning, we're goin to attempt the build a hamper win a hamper draw Live, - with our 4 kiddies that haven't had their dinner yet 😅

We have 5 very impressive adults hampers, and super lucky to also be able to do 3 kiddies hampers. 🎅
Do bare with me whilst we're doin the live stream 😉

So here Goes.............. See you guys soon 🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅

Last day for "" Build a Hamper- Win a hamper ""donations.

Get them in quick

And lastly from us this evening is the reminder that the ""build a hamper - Win a hamper is still running for those last few days.

Dont forget we're still collecting addresses for the Christmas Card exchange we're doing.

wouldn't it be nice to get a card from someone within the village that you might not know,and hey it may bring about a new friendship for 2021

As Promised here is Bauble No: 10.🎅

The team behind Once upon a christmas in lawshall got to work with the lovely guys over at Lawshall Community Woodlands with this activity , and we do hope that lawshall residents do get involved.

if you need help relocating the log slice back to the yew tree do get in touch and we will work our magic.💫

Some important numbers and dates for everyone that's watching this page & joining in.

2 days until the next bauble falls off our magical virtual Christmas tree! ( 11th December)

6 days left of ** build a hamper win a hamper ** closes - so get your donations in quickly, and please don't forget we're running the children's hamper alongside too (15th December)

8 days until we have the drive by santa coming to visit our lovely village - which we will be pairing with the Lawshall Lights Trail
(more info to follow) (17th December)

9 days left until the draw to find the winners of the ** build a hamper win a hamper ** (18th December)

9 days until the children of lawshall school break for their Christmas Holiday (18th December)

16 more sleeps till the big man comes to town to deliver all those presents to those on his good list 🎅

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Only just 17 more sleeps been working on the next bauble to drop off the tree...... Here's a sneekly peek 🙈
Any guesses?

🎅🎁☃️Just 18 sleeps🎄 till the big day! 🎄🦄🤶 How ready is everyone 🎉

Good Morning fellow lawshall residents here is the next bauble that has fell off the tree, one the children can also get involved in 🎅

How's everyone wrapping their presents this year.
Set style to match your tree?
Set paper for each person?

Do share, it not only helps give others ideas but it'll also help make this thread even more Christmassy 😁😘.

Good Morning, with just 20 sleeps till Christmas, is everyone ready? Are your presents braught? Are they all wrapped yet? Have you written your shopping lists at the ready for attempting the supermarket or are you opting for a home delivery to take some of the pressure off? Is there one thing you are unable to get home off..... That others can keep an eye out for you?

Let us know how your getting on 🥰 bonus points for pictures of ideas of where to stash presents because we here at once upon a Christmas in Lawshall are running out of ideas 😅

Also another bauble activity will be released this eve so keep an eye out # #

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Just a gentle reminder that the window advent calendar is still goin on. Those who have signed up their names to the dates of December we look forward to your photo uploads 😀📷😁😜😘📷.

Upload pics to the following post so we can all admire them
https://www.facebook.com/116663503574422/posts/133536808553758/

❄️Woooooooo our 1st post in December! Let's kick off some festivities with those naughty elves from the North Pole❄️

Some call them pointless, some call them a gimic , but the whole naughty elf thing, if it gives that child those pure magical thoughts that santa does exist, that twinkle in their eye of the idea that a single man can go around the world in 1 single night delivering presents to all the children 🎅
Then I am not sorry to say that we too have the naughty elves coming to stay with us

👀😅Who else is on this roller-coaster too👀 👀
🙈 Upload your elves behaving badly or your elfie selfies here 🙈

Don't forget we've also got "Build a Hamper, Win a Hamper" still going.
Keep the donations coming x let's try build several hampers if we can! Along with don't forget the kiddies hamper is also being done,

Donations close Tuesday 15th of December, and the draw will be done Friday the 18th december.

Really easy to get involved and spread that essence of Christmas! Kindness!

6 dates left for the window advent, would be fantastic to get all the dates filled for the upload window advent we've got going!

So with 1 day left before it officially turns December we have 10 dates still unfilled on the online window advent calendar. Firstly thank you to all that have already joined in, I hope you ideas and window creations are coming along ready to post on you accounted da

The following picture is of the dates unfilled, if anyone would like to take a date then do message down bellow, whether it be using our listed prompts or with making your own theme up.
It really would be fab to have the whole month counted down by uploads

🎅Ho🎅ho🎅

Good morning all 👋
So I'm not sure how many of you actually know me or my households ongoing battles at the moment, but I'm definitely one for being open and honest.
My name is clare Skinner, a wife to Douglas Skinner and mum to 4 children, aiesha, amelia, logan and willow,
Last year I was diagnosed with cervical cancer which because it was early stages they stated it was cured in Aug 19 after various treatments, we'll it returned in December and they destaged me as terminal in January this year with 12-18months prognosis 😳😔.
Which again after more chemo and radiotherapy they have managed to push it back to nothing being seen and only 2 nodules that they aren't to worried about.

So my main mission was to give my children. Loads of happy memories before I go downhill, obviously summer came and went but was thoroughly enjoyed, then Halloween which is why I put the idea out for the Halloween trail,
An then it came along to planning for Xmas, which came the birth of this group, which it truly is fab to see how many have came forward to bring the festivities to lawshall for everyone to enjoy.

But yesterday, we got the news back from my 3 monthly scan and they have said that I'm still stable, and that the said 2 nodules have only grown 1 mm but could be discrepancies between the radiographers measurements, but they've said there is no new growths.

The reason again I'm laying everything out here, I will be pushing hard to make Christmas fabulous for my family and if others from the village can help join in I will be truly grateful. As I'm sure our household is not the only one in lawshall that has had or having a rough year.

So we're slowly Rolling to the end of November, lets fill the few remaining dates for the December advent calendar, to help us count down till Christmas 🎅

Comment bellow with the date you would like.

🎅5 days left till we start the window advents
Do join in,
Different themed Dates left

🎅, decorate your window,
take a photo then upload simples 🎅

So we're also going to bring you bauble no:4 today, please do join in on this one!

In the comments down bellow tell me what date you want

" window displays can be created out of anything, can be what ever your own personal take on the chosen word is, can be stuck to the window or sat on the window ceil "

" i Will Make Another post for the actual calendar uploads x"
any questions do ask.

On With The Next Bauble Of Fun To Join In With - Any Questions comment bellow or private message & we'll get back to you

Getting some great feedback about what's planned from us during the up an coming festive season!

Just a gentle reminder of our "12 bauble activities " to get involved in.

Bauble no9 'build a hamper win a hamper' is underway,

🎅All donations are massively appreciated, the more donations the more likely we are able to make multiple hampers 😁don't forget we're also running the children's hamper too - do check out the hamper lists for ideas if your struggling to come up with ideas🎅

Loads of organising is going on behind the scenes ready for the release of more fun packed bauble activies!

🎅Our second bauble activity will be released on Monday so stay tuned!🎅

🎄Remember to use hand anti bac at donation stations,

All our activities are based on EVERYONE being SENSIBLE , SMART and SAFE! Let's not get complacent!🎄

so were going to start our first village activity with bauble No 9
" Build A Hamper Win A Hamper" kicking off Friday 20th November

All information needed is within the following images , should anyone have any questions please do send me a message and i will get back to you as soon as i can ........... 🎅 a bigThank You Jeanette Byford for helping out on this one

Thank you Everyone for being patient with me & the well wishes , i can now finally announce that i will be organising the following .
if anyone would like to join me either with the running of or just to lend a hand that would be fab.
many hands make for a merry christmas in lawshall 😜

Further Details & Dates to follow

🎅 Ho Ho Ho lets have a Fantastic Christmas

6 weeks today santa will be bringing presents to all the children and adults *( those on the good list 😉

Not long now!
You'll have to bare with me as I stupidly thought it would be fun to overstretch the ligaments from my knee 😅 so it's crutches for me for 4-6wks. If ya see me hobbling in the village give us a wave🤣

I promise there will be lots hitting this page over the next couple of days,

lots of fun things for the lovely residents of lawshall to get on board with.

Tis the season to be jolly ........ Fa la la la laaaaaa. La la la laaaaaaaaa 🎄

Currently working on a big list of ideas to get the festive spirit goin lots of exciting posts to follow very soon! Definitely worth popping back 😁
Keep sharing the page and let's make Xmas 2020 spectacular !