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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.

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How do you make opening your Christmas presents last longer ?

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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.

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How does Good King Wenceslas like his pizzas ?

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To view Ben P’s lively drawing and Tamara D’s seasonal greetings, please click on the window below.

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What happened to the man who stole a calendar at Christmas?

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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!

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How do you know if Father Christmas is a werewolf in disguise ?

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“Doctor, Doctor, I’m scared of Father Christmas !”

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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.

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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!

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Who is never hungry at Christmas ?

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Our Advent Calendar reaches double figures today, with artwork from James B and Holly F. Click the door to reveal the window.

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What do wizards use to wrap their presents ?

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Our thanks to Bethany F and Grace R, for today’s colourful calendar windows.

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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!

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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.

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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:

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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:

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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?

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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:

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

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What’s happens if you eat the Christmas decorations?
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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:

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What beats his chest and swings from Christmas cake to Christmas cake?
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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, then there’s also a little audio treat in store.

Every single one of the images that we’ve featured over the last 25 days has been taken by Parwich photographers, using Parwich locations (yes, even the indoor “still life” shots). Many thanks to everybody who contributed to this epic project!

And finally, here’s a chance to revisit all 25 windows and all 6 of our “specials”… (more…)

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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 part due to a very generous donation from a couple of well-wishers from outside the village, who discovered PARWICH.ORG following Tom’s Strictly victory. This is what they had to say:

Tom has given us such pleasure over the Strictly series. If his good humour and spirit is indicative of that of his locality, we wanted to show our appreciation by supporting a local cause.

As a result, we can now reveal our “Seasonal Stocking Filler” Calendar Girl! Please click on the window to view the image.

We hope you’ve enjoyed our cheeky cavalcade of Calendar Boys and Calendar Girls, who between them have raised over £300 for the Memorial Hall Fund. Our sincere thanks to all who participated, and to all who donated.

And finally… there’s just enough room for one more Bumper Bonus Calendar Boy, whose submission reached us too late to be included in the “Pay Per View” series… who can it possibly be? (more…)

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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 Fund.

Today is your final chance to donate! As always, you can do so via PayPal, or via the collecting tin in the Sycamore, or via one of the blog team.

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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 the Sycamore, or by contacting one of the blog team.

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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 WINDOWS, we can once again reveal a brand new blushing Parwich Calendar Boy (and his secret admirer).

To find out who’s baring his manly physique beneath that bowler, please click on the hat!

Once again, thanks to all who contributed towards the £40 target.

And to complete our series of seasonally saucy snaps, here is our sixth and final EXCITING MYSTERY WINDOW…

We’re calling this image “Stocking Filler”. To find out which Parwich Calendar Girl is wearing the stockings in question, we need to raise at least £40 by Christmas Eve.

If we hit that target (and let’s hope that we exceed it), then we’ll be opening the mystery window on Wednesday morning.

Please make your donations via PayPal, or via the collecting tin at the Sycamore, or via one of our blog team.

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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 door marked “20” to display today’s pair of frosty nature studies.

Meanwhile, our quest to unmask the man beneath the bowler hat continues. We’re already just over halfway towards raising our £40 target – but as we’ve still got at least one more Calendar Model waiting in the wings, time is of the essence!

Donations can be made online, or via the collecting tin on the bar of the Sycamore, or by contacting Mike Atkinson, Jane Bennett or Peter Trewhitt.

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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 time is tight, we’re ploughing straight on with our next Parwich Calendar Boy (and his mystery admirer). To find out who’s lurking beneath that bowler, we need to raise another £40. Please donate online, or via the collecting tin in the pub, or via a member of the blog team.

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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 reveal Parwich’s answer to Nigella Lawson, please make a donation online, or via the tin at the Sycamore, or via one of our blog team.

To see all of our regular calendar windows to date, please click here.

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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? There’s only one way to find out… by raising £40 in donations to the Memorial Hall Fund.

If you’d like to make a donation, then there are three available options:

• You can donate via PayPal.
• You can hand your donation to Mike Atkinson, Jane Bennett, Mike Hughes or Peter Trewhitt in person.
• You can place your donation in the collecting tin which we’ve placed on the bar of The Sycamore.

Please give generously! No donation is too small (or too big)!

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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 finest specimens of Parwich manhood, bravely enduring INTENSE PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT in the name of High Art, please click on the door above.

Needless to say, there will be a brand new Mystery Window tomorrow. Oh yes, we’re on quite a roll now…

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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 easier for people to donate, we have installed a collecting tin on the bar of The Sycamore. Thanks to Janet for granting permission, and special thanks to The Dovedale Gallery (Dig Street, Ashbourne) for donating the tin free of charge.

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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 H or Peter.

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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 couple of donations after reaching our last target – including a generous contribution from the “Colours Of Your Heart” jewellery company at Hoganaston – we are rolling them over to this window. Again, we’re looking to raise another £40 for the Memorial Hall Fund.

There’s also still room for some additional Calendar Boys or Calendar Girls to take part! If interested, please e-mail the blog team at parwich@hotmail.co.uk.

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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 Tissington (tel. 01335 390 300). Where better to place an order for your Christmas turkey?

Our thanks to all who donated, and our heartfelt gratitude to Parwich’s first Calendar Girl for being such a great sport. Stand by for a brand new Mystery Door tomorrow!

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