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Top ten Christmas videos

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21 December 2020

1. 12 days of Christmas (Dai Woolridge and the Bible Society)


2. The Church of England’s Christmas campaign video this year: Comfort and Joy:

 

3. John Lewis and Partners Christmas advert 2020, Give a little love, which supports the charities FareShare and Home-Start UK

 

4. A Corbridge Christmas 2020, organised by Visit Corbridge in Northumberland, which features local churches and parish priests:

 

5. The Children’s Society campaign video for this Christmas, A thing called hope:

 

6. One of a series of episodes, 4 Carols 4 Christmas, by the Spirituals Choir filmed in St Paul’s Cathedral and supported by the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally:

 

7. A new version of the Band Aid Christmas song, Do They Know it’s Christmas?, by the CHAOS Collective, Feed Cornwall, to raise funds to tackle food poverty, a campaign supported by the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen:

 

8. Children from around the world sing the Christmas carol “Joy To The World” in this video organised by World Vision: 

 

9. The Long Table, a community food hall supporting food hubs and local supply chains around Gloucestershire, prepares 3500 festive packs and meals which are being delivered to doorsteps in the region this Christmas. The project is being supported by the diocese of Gloucester, which has funded 2000 meals: https://www.facebook.com/219423088709088/videos/148623783704867

10. A short film, I am Mary: a powerful, modern take on the Christmas story, directed by Sheila Nortley:

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