St Andrew patron saint of Scotland.
Scotland had a ban on celebrating Christmas [verify details]
Why?
How do we respond today?
What about ideas for a Winterfest or similar [think tank report out a couple of weeks ago recommending downgrading Christmas or upgrading other faiths festivals for multi cultural reasons]
Have other things taken over and so it has become frivolous?
Well,  a sideways thought!

HELP!! Am doing two infant assemblies next week. One is on Advent and another is a Christingle service, having never done anything like this before am really stuck for ideas. Each assembly will last about 20min. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanx :)

this site has all the info and ideas for Christingle. In an assembly I also have a giant version - foam football sprayed orange, large candle, kebab skewers instead of cocktail sticks, marshmallows or fruit segments instead of small sweets and raisins.

Advent assemblies:
1. make an advent wreath at the front and talk about hope, peace, joy and love
2. waiting theme - things we wait for e.g. bus, dinner, birthday, Christmas. How do we wait?
3. preparation theme - preparing for events e.g. new baby, holiday, moving house etc. What do we need? Link to preparations for Christmas and preparing ourselves.

More ideas here.