There is little, the daemon argues, more likely to impede the development of faith than our annual quest for the perfect service. | 24 December 2021 at 10:00 am For non-believers seeking Christmas ritual, Screwtape offers sound advice Populations everywhere have at one point or another adapted and altered their behavioural practices. | 24 December 2021 at 10:00 am David Soffer: How lockdowns and Plan B have caused behavioural changes “For millions of families up and down the country I hope this Christmas is, and will be, significantly better than the last.”
| 24 December 2021 at 3:00 pm WATCH: Getting jabbed is ‘a wonderful thing you can do for your family’ – Johnson’s Christmas message In the final contest of the year, the Conservatives lost a seat to an independent in the New Forest. | 24 December 2021 at 6:30 pm Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests “O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord.” | 24 December 2021 at 7:00 pm WATCH: “O Come All Ye Faithful” The ConHome team wishes all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. | 25 December 2021 at 11:45 am Season’s greetings to all our readers “On Christmas Day in the morning.” Our season of Christmas carols continues. | 25 December 2021 at 5:00 pm WATCH: “I saw three ships come sailing in” “February will see the start of my Platinum Jubilee Year…a chance to give thanks for the enormous changes of the last 70 years.” | 26 December 2021 at 6:00 pm WATCH: The Queen’s Broadcast – “Christmas can speak to the child within us all.” On Boxing Day, our season of Christmas carols continues, and will end on the last of the twelve days of the feast.