‘Last Christmas, there was a sprout emergency’

This week’s columnist: The Reverend Lucy Winkett, Rector of St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London

“Vicars have chosen to follow a path that means they always work at Christmas, but their loved ones might not have made that choice. It’s always hardest on the family. The year before I was ordained, quite a lot was made of my ‘last Christmas’ (Wham!’s lyrics notwithstanding). Even I was a bit nervous about the changes that becoming a priest would mean to our traditional family Christmas Day together. I needn’t have worried. These days, I’m in a parish where a truly remarkable team of volunteers cook lunch on Christmas Day for anyone who comes. Anyone. And given that our church is right by Piccadilly Circus in London, that is usually an extraordinary mix of about 100 people. ‘All sorts of people wander in’ After the 11 o’clock service,…

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