The Christmas Season is upon us filled with the smell of freshly baked cookies and the rustle of shopping bags. Hopefully you will all have a bit of space left in your diaries for this month’s MHWI activities:

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Allotment – In Hibernation

The Gardening Girls have now closed down the allotment until spring next year. There will be a few planning meetings (involving a decent amount of cake and tea for sure) in the next few months before meetings start again in spring every Monday (weather permitting) from 2pm (until we run out of steam…). If you would like to join in next season please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com 

Eco Village – 1st December

The Eco Village are having a Christmas Fair from 10am to 3pm selling plants and Christmas Crafts. Why not pop along and see if there are any gifts you may fancy?

Book Club – 4th December

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at Turkish Delight at 1pm. The book of the month is Middlemarch by George Eliot which will be continued through to January.

Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join.

Craft Club – 5th December

The Craft Club will be spending an evening learning about Furoshiki, the Japanese Art of wrapping items in fabric.

It is a sustainable way of using up left over materials and offers a myriad of different ways to dress up a present. Details will be posted on the Craft Club WhatsApp Group – please email Fiona at fegraham1@gmail.com if you are not yet a group member.

Walking Group – Christmas Lunch 8th December

The Walking Group has completed their programme of walks for this year. The next meeting will be for their Christmas lunch on the 8th December.  Details will be posted on the Walking Group WhatsApp group closer to the date – please contact Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com if you would like to join.

WI Carol Concert – 9th December

This year it is our turn to organise the Christmas Carol Concert for the Welland Valley Group of neighbouring WIs. The service will be at the Church of our Lady of Victories in Fairfield Road at 7pm followed by tea/coffees, mince pies and yule log in the Church Hall. Please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com if you’ll join us so we can make sure that there is enough cake to go round…

MHWI Christmas Meeting – 11th December

Our annual Christmas meeting will see out the year with fun, a dutch supper, a raffle, secret Santa and a session with Charlie Fit who will teach us a basic broadway dance routine. Dress for the season – Hope to see you all there!

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And that’s it for 2024. Thank you to the committee members and club leaders for organising such a varied programme of meetings and activities for us this year. And thank you to all of you for taking part – the Market Harborough WI would not exist without you. Wishing you and yours a lovely festive season and see you all in the New Year!

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