Unless Christmas Day actually falls on a Sunday, there is always one Sunday left before the New Year begins. I believe Catholics call this Holy Family Sunday and Anglicans refer to it as Second Sunday of Christmas. As a very nonconformist Baptist, I am designating it Leftovers Sunday.
Christmas cake crumbs tossed in butter, strewn over ice cream, panettone bread&butter pudding...so many ways to use up the treats and avoid food waste.
But I am preaching at church today [Pastor Nick away with family]
So I am focusing on leftover bits of the Christmas story which often get missed out. Like the "slaughter of the innocents" and "the flight into Egypt" [please avoid the old joke about Pontius the Pilot]
We will sing Bumping Up And Down On A Camel [just because i like it!] And Bob and I will do a brief drama. [Read script HERE] And we will pray for those who may be leftover or left out at this time, especially refugees, and the bereaved, and those who grieve for their children.
Has anything been leftover or left out for you this Christmas? How will you deal with that?
Serious answers, and interesting recipes will both be welcome!
Nice try but it's the first Sunday of Christmas for the C of E!
ReplyDeleteThank you. The C of E website I looked at misinformed me!
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