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2009 Advent Calendar – Day 25.

PARWICH.ORG WISHES ALL OF ITS READERS A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Our final pair of drawings are from Jake E and Jacob B. A big thank you to all of our artists! If you’d like to see all this year’s windows, and all 45 drawings, on one page, then please click here. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! How [...]

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2009 Advent Calendar – Day 24.

Just two more windows to go! To mark Christmas Eve, here are a couple of suitably Santa-themed drawings, from the pens of Joshua G and Agnieszka K. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! How does Good King Wenceslas like his pizzas ?

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2009 Advent Calendar – Day 23.

To view Ben P’s lively drawing and Tamara D’s seasonal greetings, please click on the window below. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What happened to the man who stole a calendar at Christmas?

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2009 Advent Calendar – Day 22.

Our resident art critic says: “Today, Parwich Primary School presents two boldly contrasting images. Note the effective use of bright colours from Kirsten B – whereas the subtle restraint of Charlie S’s more monochromatic palette is most soothing to the eye.” We think he likes them! CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! How do you know if Father [...]

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2009 Advent Calendar – Day 21.

There’s a lovely Nativity scene from Lauren M on today’s window – while in Will E’s picture, Santa and the Snowman are feeling the heat! CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What’s the slogan for the Eskimo lottery ?

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Today, let’s take a look at Reuben G’s and Tarun L’s Christmas artwork. Please click on the door to reveal the window. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! Whose job is it to give Santa a hard time at Christmas ?

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Luke W R and Sophie P: today it’s your turn to supply our Advent Calendar images. Please click on the door below to reveal them. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! Why should you be careful at Christmas ?

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With just seven days to go until Christmas, here are our next pair of images – supplied today by Elizabeth B and Leoni M. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! Why was Cinderella such a bad football player?

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Mati K and Eve G are today’s Advent Calendar artists. Please click on the door to enjoy their contributions. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What did one snowman say to the other ?

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There’s some great stuff behind today’s window, thanks to Charlotte B and Chloe W. Why not click the door and find out for yourselves? CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! How do polar bears travel about ?

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Joe A and Lucy Lee H are the artists behind today’s window, which you can see by clicking on the door below. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! Why does Santa have three gardens ?

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The festive artwork continues, with colourful offerings today from Amy G and Jack W. Please click the door below to view the window. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What do snowmen like on their burgers ?

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Today’s calendar window was drawn by Matthew B and Adam B. Please click on the door below to open it. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! “Doctor, Doctor, I’m scared of Father Christmas !”

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2009 Advent Calendar – Day Twelve.

As we approach the halfway mark with this year’s Advent Calendar, let’s take a look at Leah W’s and Freya N’s Christmassy contributions. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What do angry mice send each other ?

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In today’s Advent Calendar window, you can find Santa’s sledge (drawn by Ashley R), and the most ENORMOUS Christmas Robin (drawn by Katie B) that you ever did see! CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! Who is never hungry at Christmas ?

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2009 Advent Calendar – Day Ten.

Our Advent Calendar reaches double figures today, with artwork from James B and Holly F. Click the door to reveal the window. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What do wizards use to wrap their presents ?

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2009 Advent Calendar – Day Nine.

Our thanks to Bethany F and Grace R, for today’s colourful calendar windows. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What do you get if you cross an apple with a Christmas tree ?

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In today’s window images, Courtney W wishes us all a Merry Christmas – while Jack G’s Santa has been over-indulging on the cream pies! CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! Where do snowmen go to dance ?

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Today’s window images were drawn by Eryk A and Jessie S. To view them, please click on the door below. CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! Which of Santa’s reindeer has the worst manners?

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Two for the price of one! From today onwards, we’ll be displaying not one, but two images on every calendar window. To view today’s offerings (drawn by Georgia P and Jamie N), please click on the door below: CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! How do you make an idiot laugh on Boxing Day ?

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To view today’s calendar window (drawn by Zac L), please click on the door below: CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What’s the most common wine at Christmas?

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In today’s calendar window (drawn by Szymon K), Santa seems to have become stuck down the chimney. But if he drops any further, will his trousers catch fire? CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What do you drain Christmas dinner Brussels sprouts with?

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To view today’s calendar window, please click on the door below: CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! How does Good King Wenceslas like his pizzas?

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2009 Advent Calendar – Day Two.

To view today’s calendar window, please click on the door below: CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What’s happens if you eat the Christmas decorations?

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2009 Advent Calendar – Day One.

In order to help you count down the days to Christmas, we have put together a brand new Advent Calendar for 2009, featuring some wonderful artwork from the pupils of Parwich Primary School. To view today’s calendar window, just click on the door below: CHRISTMAS JOKE TIME! What beats his chest and swings from Christmas [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day 25.

Christmas Day is here at last, meaning that it’s time to reveal our final Advent Calendar window. Please be sure to click on the door marked “25″, to view a veritable feast of visual delights! (The tinsel alone took Kevin a whole afternoon to arrange…) If you’re using Internet Explorer with your speakers switched on, [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day 24.

Please click the door marked “24″ to reveal today’s pair of images. There will be one more window to open on Christmas Day. As for our sixth and final EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW, we are happy to announce that we exceeded our target of £40… raising a final total of £151. This was in no small [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day 23.

If yesterday’s theme was “arboreal”, today’s theme is “ecclesiastical”. Please click the door marked “23″ to see what we’re on about… There’s just one more day to go before we reveal our sixth and final EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW – but we’ll only be revealing it if we raise at least £40 for the Memorial Hall [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day 22.

Please click on the door marked “22″ to reveal today’s pair of Advent images. As for our sixth and final EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW, our Calendar Girl will appear on Christmas Eve – but only if we raise at least £40 in donations for the Memorial Hall Fund. Please donate online, or via the tin in [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day 21.

Once again, today’s Advent Calendar post is a bumper triple-feature! First of all, here’s today’s regular window. Please click on the door marked “21″ to open it. You can also click here to view all of our calendar windows to date, on a single page. Moving on to our hotly anticipated series of EXCITING MYSTERY [...]

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PARWICH.ORG apologises for posting today’s calendar entry a little later than usual. That’s because PARWICH.ORG is still nursing a bit of a sore head, brought on by immoderate imbibing at last night’s splendid A52s gig. From now until Christmas Day, we’ll be doubling up the number of images on the the daily calendar. Click the [...]

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Click the door marked “19″ to display today’s snowy window. And once you’ve done that, there’s a new EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW to reveal. Just who IS Parwich’s answer to Nigella, and where DID she get those beautiful… …well, click the door to find out! Thanks to all who donated. And we’re not done yet… As [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day Eighteen.

Please click the door marked “18″ to reveal today’s window. And once you’ve done that… We’re nearly halfway towards reaching our £40 target for the fourth of our EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOWS – so with luck there will be time for one or two more Parwich Calendar Models, before our Advent Calendar reaches its conclusion. To [...]

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To reveal our EXCITING MYSTERY PARWICH CALENDAR GIRL – who will be giving our readers a very special cookery demonstration – please donate online, or via the collecting tin in the pub, or via members of the blog team. Once again, our target is £40…

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Today’s regular Advent Calendar window is a little bit different from the others. Please click the window marked “16″ for an EXCLUSIVE MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE! And now, let us usher the second of our blushing Parwich Calendar Girls into the EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW spot. Whose finger is this? And what tasty festive treats is she concealing? [...]

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Please click the door marked “15″ to reveal today’s window. Alternatively, you can click here to reveal all of our windows opened to date. Once again, the time has come for us to reveal the contents of our EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW. Ladies, get those smelling salts ready! To catch a glimpse of one of our [...]

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Please click the door marked “14″ to reveal today’s window. As for our EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW, we’re edging towards our £40 target… but we’re not quite there yet. So please give generously, if you want to see our Parwich Calendar Boy MAN in a provocative – but decidedly prickly – pin-up pose. To make it [...]

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To reveal the Calendar Boy lurking behind our EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW, we’re looking for £40 in donations for the Memorial Hall Fund. At the time of writing (Saturday lunchtime), we’re just £10 short of our target. If you’d like to donate, please click here. Alternatively, you can hand your donations to Jane, Mike A, Mike [...]

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Yes, it’s time to reveal our third EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW – and once again, this is “one for the ladies”. So, if you’d like to see a well-known Parwich resident AS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE, please donate online or via Mike Atkinson, Jane Bennett, Mike Hughes or Peter Trewhitt. As we received a [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day Eleven.

With £45 raised since Monday, we can now reveal who lies behind our EXCITING MYSTERY DOOR. Please click on it to reveal our “Game Old Bird”, in all her feathery glory – and please take a moment to appreciate the generosity of our sponsors for this very special window: the White Peak Farm Butchery of [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day Ten.

Please click the door marked “10″ to open today’s festive window. As for the EXCITING MYSTERY DOOR, we are just a tantalising Five Pounds short of reaching our target. Please give generously – and maybe our “Game Old Bird” will be revealed tomorrow?

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day Nine.

Please click on the door marked “9″ to reveal today’s window. We’re now halfway towards achieving our £40 target – so if you’d like to see our “Game Old Bird” in all her feathered glory, then please dig deep!

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Please click on the door marked “8″ to reveal today’s window. Yes, it’s time for a brand new EXCITING MYSTERY DOOR! Once the necessary funds have been accrued, this will reveal a very special Parwich Calendar Girl, in a composition that we have titled “A Game Old Bird”. Since we have already received some advance [...]

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Thanks to the generosity of our readers, whose donations have raised just over £25 for the Memorial Hall Fund, we can now reveal the identities of our strapping Calendar Boys. Click on the door above, and ALL will be revealed! The fun starts all over again tomorrow, when our first Parwich Calendar Girl takes up [...]

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Please click on the door to reveal today’s “Winter Wonderland” window. You can also click here to see all of our Advent Calendar images to date. Those of you eager to view the contents of our EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW will be pleased to know that we have now reached our target of £25. Come back [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day Six.

Today’s Advent Calendar window takes us into the realm of surrealist “conceptual” art. Why this image wasn’t shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize, we’ll never know. Click on the window marked “6″ to reveal it. Meanwhile, tension mounts over our EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW, whose contents will be revealed once we reach the target of £25. [...]

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Starting from today, we have added an EXCITING MYSTERY DOOR to our regular Advent Calendar. Clicking on the EXCITING MYSTERY DOOR will reveal a pair of strapping Parwich residents, AS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE! (We anticipate that this one will be a particular thrill for our female readers.) However, there’s a catch. We [...]

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day Four.

Ho ho ho, who’s lurking behind today’s Advent Calendar door? You’d better click it to find out!

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day Three.

Please click on the door to reveal today’s seasonal image. (No wacky birds today!)

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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day Two.

Today’s Advent Calendar window definitely falls into the “weird and wonderful” category! Please click on the door to reveal it.

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