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Christmas 2024 at the Keswick Victorian Fayre

21 Jan Christmas 2024 at the Keswick Victorian Fayre

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From Keswick to Bethlehem
On the Caldbeck Fair World Stall

We are plunged into the growing darkness
of December; early dusk, reluctant dawn.
But today there is light: the Victorian Fayre
draws us in with voices, music, joy.

A myriad bright things on our stall journeyed
from distant lands. They draw the curious
in to the shelter of our stall. I watch,
remembering that story: the new born
child in the sparse shelter of a stall
in a town now torn again by violence.

There is perhaps some small comfort
knowing what we sell will lead to  small shifts
in the lives of those who made the gifts;
and  those who grew and harvested the dates,
the almonds, the olives pressed to shining oil.
Our presence, our thoughts, almost a witness.

Poem: Thanks to Jo Alberti



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