Woolaston News Winter 2022 online (1)

for us to miss or seek; bound together
all our home enjoyments, affections, and
hopes; grouped everything and everyone
round the Christmas fire, and make the
little picture shining in our bright young
eyes, complete”.
Unlike Dickens of course, we have had
lights other than fires to light our childish
eyes. The glow maybe of a radiogram, a
television flickering, a freshly unboxed
Gameboy, a computer screen or TikTok on
a solitary smartphone perhaps. For each
and every one of us Christmas will mean
something different. But our memories
are not built of screens or TV shows,
memories are built by the people we share
our lives with and not the money we spend.
Memories are made of all the anecdotes,
the arguments, the disputed board games,
the laughter and the sadness that we share.
So, whatever you are doing this Christmas,
whether you are in the same room as those
you share your life with, or are separated
by war or work or perhaps by time, make
this Christmas as special as you can and let
it be a peaceful time for us all.
1st Woolaston Guides
We are currently working on a Challenge
badge called ‘SHARE’, this requires the
girls to complete 5 activities from the
categories that spell out the word Share:
‘SHARE’ Badge
Steve
They each designed a poster to advertise Girl
Guiding and encourage others to join us.
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