🕯️ Colin Thornhill
Remembered with love.
A place held in love
Those Who Should Be Sat Beside Us
Some people may no longer sit beside us, but their place in our hearts remains.
Christmas can make the absence of someone we love feel especially close. This is a gentle place to remember, reflect and feel that they are still part of our Christmas together.
However you are feeling today, you are welcome. There is no right way to grieve, no expectation to share, and no need to explain who you miss.
A moment, just for you
Light a candle in remembrance
If you wish, take a moment for someone on your mind. You can light this little symbolic candle and sit with your thoughts for as long as you need.
Entirely optional. Nothing is shared, submitted or saved.
A place to remember together
Our remembrance trees
There will be a place to leave a memory in our Winter Wonderland at The Grammar. Whether you choose to make something or simply spend a moment beside the trees, you are welcome.
A memory among the branches
Outside in our Winter Wonderland, the Christmas trees will be decorated by our community. Visitors are warmly invited to write the name of someone they are remembering, or a short message, on a remembrance Christmas decoration and add it to the trees. There is no pressure to take part. It is simply a gentle way to remember those who should be sat beside us and make them part of our Christmas together.
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Create a decoration
Join in with a remembrance decoration-making activity inside The Christmas Connection Station.
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Remember in your way
Add a name, a message or just something meaningful. You do not have to explain who you are remembering.
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Make a place for them
Add your decoration to the outdoor remembrance trees in our Winter Wonderland, if you wish.
There is no pressure to join in. You can leave a decoration, stay for a while, or simply walk past. Each choice is enough.
Always part of our story
The people we remember
Names and dedications shared in love. Every one belongs here. You can read them at your own pace.
🕯️ Neil Annable
Remembered with love.
🕯️ Peter Marshall
Remembered with love.
🕯️ John Cliff
Remembered with love.
👼 Samual Colin Thornhill
Forever our little angel.
👼 Mary’s 5 Angels
Forever loved, forever remembered, and always part of Christmas.
A name, a memory, a little love
🕯️ Would you like someone special to be remembered?
If you would like to have someone added to Those Who Should Be Sat Beside Us, please head to the A Seat at the Christmas Table website for the remembrance information and submission form.
This is your choice. You do not need to share a name or a story to be part of this space.
How to Get Someone AddedOpens the Dreamscape event website in a new tab.
If you need a quieter moment
Remembrance can bring up different feelings, sometimes unexpectedly. You are free to pause, leave this page or step away from an activity at any point.
On the day, the Quiet & Sensory Space is in the signposted Meeting Room inside The Grammar, between the entrance and The Christmas Connection Station.