Lincoln’s Arboretum

Lincoln's Arboretum in the snow with the bandstand in the corner.

The Arboretum. Sounds fancy doesn’t it? It sounds even more weird with the word Lincoln in front of it. Lincoln? Fancy? HA.

To put it simply, if you didn’t already know, an arboretum is a collection of trees. Wow, a collection of trees, how riveting. Well, actually Lincoln’s arboretum is a rather lovely place.

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (CHRISTMAS YOU FOOLS)

A film photograph of a Christmas tree with lights on (from St Barnabas' Light Up A Life event) outside Lincoln's Cathedral.

Ho, ho ho. It’s the first of December and all that (no really, it is).

All over the world in various households Christmas trees and decorations will have gone up, and the first little window on the Advent calender has been opened.

Hopefully all of you are jolly Christmas people like the folks who have already donned their trees. If not then shame on you, Scrooges.

For those of you who DO have the Christmas spirit, then get yourselves to Lincoln’s Annual Christmas Market.

A film photograph of a Christmas tree with lights on (from St Barnabas' Light Up A Life event) outside Lincoln's Cathedral.

Light Up A Life tree outside Lincoln’s Cathedral at Christmas time.

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