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Christingle

From the January 2020 Print Edition

The power-cut candle’s wobbly precisionushers the church hall back into vision.We assembled them on a mess table:first you gouged out a hollow in the middle,then wound a crêpe strip around. Then four sticksof raisins—the wealth of heaven, finger-pricks—and the candle planted in its . . . . Continue Reading »