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Swirkir Wide
Line Dance to Looking back at Christmas in the sun
with and all As Christmas 2003 fades into memory and the damp chilly winter
Midnight Cowboys taped media continues until April, Jennifer Jeffrey-Markey from Freshbrook keeps us
Wedding videos warm with thoughts on what it is like to enjoy Christmas in the Carib-
Tuesday: Even Swindon, 7.00
Community Centre Jennings Street (off Irreplaceable TV programmes bean.
Rodbourne Road) and sports events don't want a white Christmas with plenty of snow.
Wednesday: Rodbourne Cheney, 7.30 Children's first steps. Birthday parties. Give me a sunshine Christmas with steel-band and calypso........
Rodbourne Cheney Club, Moredon Road Christenings & Confirmations.
(near Rodbourne Arms) Christmas is a wonderful time of
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the sunny shores of the Caribbean,
it is a very poignant time. There are
Are you looking to purchase a property some things that we truly miss.
in Southern Spain? While we celebrate the festival simi-
We have a large selection of properties larly in some ways, there are as-
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companiedbyashotofguavaberry
tree, and the smell of fresh coffee
liqueur, Guiness punch, or a glass
or rolled chocolate tea and souse
of ponche crema, a rich rum spiked
(pickled pigs feet) and hot brick
version of egg-nog. Absolutely
oven bread, enticing you to the
heavenly!!
breakfast table.
Afterthis wonderfully spiced and
Or perhaps you wentto midnight
delicious feast. everyone gathers
Mass the night before, and stayed
on the veranda, young and not so
up late after coming in from church
young,among the flaming blos-
in order to finish baking the clove,
sours ofthe hibiscus, bougainvillea
pineapple and brown sugar glazed
and passion flower to talk, and
ham, while sampling the aged sor-
laugh, and reminisce about the day
rel and ginger beer that will cer-
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And as the sun sets gloriously
later in the day.
over the western horizon and the
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in the gentle surf of the
Christmas carols and songs float
aqua-blue Caribbean sea. and run-
upwards on the balmy breeze of a
ning along the warm and powdery
Caribbean evening: carols a and
white sand all in an effort to work
songs with a calypso rhythm softly
up a grand appetite for lunch.
emanatingan from a steel band or-
em
Christmas lunch is normally held chestra in the village pan yard. A
oranother
at one or another of a favourite tropical Christmas serenade. The
f a
au ntie's (aunt's) o and eve- erfect end to a beautiful day.
ryone brings a dish, whether it's a p
main course, dessert. or a special
beverage. Since Caribbean fami- Russian, German and
lies tend to be large and very close Italian get togethers
knit, there are usually not less than The Russian Connexion next
twenty people at the table, all talk- meets on Friday 9 January. 8pm,
ing and laughing at the same time. at the Crown, Ermin Street,
Our colonial and cultural influ- Stratton. For details call 337113,
ences are different and varied and
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with a British, Spanish, French,
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Dutch, Indian, Chinese or Portu
guese flair: bol-jol, oil-down, vinnie meets on Friday 16 January. 8pm
dalush. accra and ti ponche. pilau, at the Crown, Stratton. Call for
details: 539808 or 337113: or mail
pudding and souse, Bahl pourri,
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spicy chow mein, rice and peas or
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And the ever present ham and Italiano is being restarted and will
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