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  With a theme of Past, Present and Future the St Martins Church in Desford held their annual Christmas Tree Festival . Join me as I enter the church and we hear the beautiful sound of the St Martin`s Church Choir as they sing a variety of traditional carols . Exploring the festival with trees designed and decorated by local residents, businesses and groups we are all the time accompanied by the choir. The festival also plays host to several craft stalls selling a variety of gifts and decorations. See if you can spot Mousey Brown hiding in the video. As the choir sing Night Divine we see a knitted interpretation of the nativity . Next we see various trees including one covered in records through the years. Knitted candles adorn another tree as we end the video with a rendition of Ding Dong Merrily On High from the choir. 

Local Businesses, Community Groups and Villagers come together at St Martins Church Desford for the annual Christmas tree festival this years theme being Carols and Christmas Songs. Visitors where rocking around the christmas tree and the creativity flowing as various carols and songs formed the brief for each design, a tree covered in pom pom sheep represented shepherds watching their flocks by night through to more modern hits on a music themed tree.

The St Martins Church in Desford Leicestershire was transformed over the weekend of 29th November to 2nd December into a winter wonderland of decorated christmas trees created by village residents and groups on a theme of Your Favorite Story. Among the 37 trees where Mr Men, Dick Whittington and a tree with a Leicester City theme, topped with a miniature Premier League trophy and featuring King Claudio, An invite to Jamie Vardy`s Party and Gary Linekers famous red underwear many fans will remember from his BBC Match Of The Day appearance after their 5000/1 title winning season. The festival also featured a christmas market alongside traditional services.