Sixth
Saturday December 6th - St Nicholas Day... This morning Shirley and I picked up Phoebe and took her by bus into the centre of the city. Our prime mission was to visit Sheffield Cathedral. There some forty Christmas trees have been decorated by different organisations including Shirley's Women's Institute branch. The trees are all the same size and all have identical strings of white electric lights. It is a kind of competition to raise money for nominated charities. As Phoebe approaches her fifth birthday, it's fascinating to tune in to her inquisitiveness and her evolving skills in reading and arithmetic. Around the cathedral, she asked me several questions about the things she saw - including the stained glass windows and the fifteenth and sixteenth century tombs that are located close to the main altar. To see things through a child's eyes can be pretty instructive. I filled in the Christmas tree voting form and Phoebe popped it in the special postbox. You might ...