Just a quick update to let you all know a few new events have been added to the expanding Christmas and New Year 2020 page.  Hopefully, there is something there for everyone, whether you want a quiz from your living room, or a quiet walk around the village to see the lights.

These new events include:

• Museum Christmas Shopping Event
• “Let’s light up Dorchester and make this village sparkle”
• Pre-school quiz

As before, please let me know if you have anything you feel would be good to have on this page, and I will try to get it added.  Just use the contact form on this website.

All the best to everyone in the village,
Your village website volunteer(s)

This has been a hard year for everyone, but with Christmas and New Year coming up, there are still things to look forward to, whether streaming a concert, or some new purchases from local people.  So I wanted to create a special christmas/new-year page to show all the things you could do.  Note that I hope this page will show more over the coming weeks, so please do look back.

If you know of any other events happening in the village (or that would be of strong interest to the local villagers), things being sold which would be ideal for presents, please do let me know using the sites contact form, and I will try to get them added.

Some seasonal articles

• Christmas events update
• Christmas and New Year 2020
• The Dorchester Abbey Tea Room Cookery Book
• Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Carol Concert
• Dorchester Abbey Christmas Cards
• Dorchester Abbey Museum Christmas Shopping Event Cancelled
• Dorchester Abbey Museum – Xmas shopping event

Upcoming seasonal events

The Perfect gift! All the latest tea room favourites including vegan & gluten free £7.50 from Lily's Tea Room or Steph Forman steph@forman.org.uk All profits to Dorchester Abbey

The hugely popular Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Carol Concert which is organised by a team of local volunteers is this year going to be streamed, free to all – so if anyone is looking for something Christmassy they can enjoy doing from home, they need look no further! A stellar cast of celebrities and renowned musicians are joining forces in a major online Christmas celebration of carols and festive readings to help generate urgently needed funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The concert, aptly named Follow the Stars, streams as live from Friday 11th – 31st December. From the beautiful Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, will be performances by world-leading baritones Roderick Williams and Christopher Purves and celebrities will deliver seasonal readings directly from their own homes. So, to join Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Irons, Alexander Armstrong, Toby Jones, Benjamin Zephaniah and a host of other well-known faces including a very special surprised guest star, go to the following link for more details Follow The Stars and to view the trailer.

Sold in aid of Dorchester Abbey Please do buy Abbey cards this year to support us while our income is affected by corona virus measures. They are available from the museum or from Steph Forman steph@forman.org.uk All cards are sold with envelopes in packs of 10 for £4.50 and are colour printed on glossy quality card with 'Happy Christmas' inside and 'Sold in aid of Dorchester Abbey' on the back.