{"id":1463,"date":"2019-11-21T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T05:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2020-10-24T21:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T11:26:18","slug":"a-christmas-miscellany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=1463","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s hard to believe I know, but Christmas is almost upon us and we invite you to to celebrate the&nbsp;MLDHS&nbsp;final event for 2019. It promises to be for an evening of fun, music and Christmas fare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Janet&nbsp;Leitch&nbsp;and friends<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;will entertain us with&nbsp;<strong><em>&#8220;The Songs &amp; Stories of Christmas&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;If you have attended one of our previous Christmas celebrations you will know that a fantastic evening will be had by all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?attachment_id=1464\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?fit=2400%2C3366&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2400,3366\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MtLofty History Xmas Flyer 2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?fit=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?fit=730%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"1178\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?resize=840%2C1178&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?resize=768%2C1077&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?resize=730%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 730w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?resize=1200%2C1683&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MtLofty-History-Xmas-Flyer-2019-.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We would love you to join us for this amazing finale to our 2019 program. So, please join us. Feel free to bring along some Christmas treats to share and your best singing voice and come prepared for a very special evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will provide &#8220;bubbles&#8221; and Christmas treats as well.&nbsp;<br>We will celebrate our Hills heritage and communities in style and look forward to seeing you there.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s hard to believe I know, but Christmas is almost upon us and we invite you to to celebrate the&nbsp;MLDHS&nbsp;final event for 2019. It promises to be for an evening of fun, music and Christmas fare. Janet&nbsp;Leitch&nbsp;and friends&nbsp;will entertain us with&nbsp;&#8220;The Songs &amp; Stories of Christmas&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have attended one of our previous Christmas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=1463\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Christmas Miscellany&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNLq6-nB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":659,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=659","url_meta":{"origin":1463,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Stories &#038; Songs of Christmas&#8221;;  Friday 30th November","date":"November 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, It's our final event for 2018 time to join us for another delightful evening with Janet\u00a0Leitch\u00a0as she shares with us all,\u00a0 the \"The Stories and Songs of Christmas\".\u00a0\u00a0 Janet entertained us at last year's final event and because everyone had such a marvellous time, she has agreed to return\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/xmas-2018.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3582,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=3582","url_meta":{"origin":1463,"position":1},"title":"Christmas Festivities 2024","date":"November 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Make sure our final event for 2024 is in your diary and join us as we reminisce about the Stirling District Nativity which was such an essential part of the lead up to Christmas for all the locals \"back in the day\". 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