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Advent Windows

This is a new take on Advent Calendars. Every day from 1-24 Dec between 5 and 8pm a building in Cheadle Hulme will illuminate a decorated window to represent a Christmas Carol. Here is the map for you to download so you can plan your walks around the area!.

Once it is live, you are invited to visit the windows, which should be visible from the street and illuminated between 5 and 8pm from their launch date onwards, and may extend until 6^th January 2021. A QR code at the site and the links which will come live each day below will give access to the page on our website with some background, an activity and a link to a performance of the carol on YouTube.

You can view a gallery of the completed windows here

And the list of carols:

Dec 1	The angel Gabriel	Dec 9	The first nowell	Dec 17	Angels from the realms
Dec 2	The Holly and the Ivy	Dec 10	Candlelight carol (Rutter)	Dec 18	Silent night
Dec 3	In the bleak mid-winter	Dec 11	See amid the winter’s snow	Dec 19	Ding dong merrily on high
Dec 4	O come, O come Emmanuel	Dec 12	Hark the herald angels	Dec 20	Away in a manger
Dec 5	Once in Royal David’s city	Dec 13	While shepherds watched	Dec 21	O Holy night
Dec 6	God rest ye merry, gentlemen	Dec 14	It came upon a midnight clear	Dec 22	Unto us a boy is born
Dec 7	Calypso Carol	Dec 15	Joy to the world	Dec 23	Girls and boys leave your toys (Zither carol)
Dec 8	O little town of Bethlehem	Dec 16	We three kings	Dec 24	O come all ye faithful

If you can’t wait for that festive feeling, you can listen to many of them here: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/occasions/christmas/nations-top-30-christmas-carols/