Crib

Christmas eve - what a magical time it is when you share it with small children. This is my adorable little nephew William and my beloved husband Simon, at the crib ceremony at the local church in North Devon, where William's family lives.

As an atheist, it feels a bit weird singing carols with extremely pious lyrics in a church, but the whole ceremony was lovely. It was so inclusive and community-oriented that I was made to feel very welcome. It was nice to feel that as long as I took the underlying message of Christianity - basically, be a nice person - that whether I believed or not didn't really matter at this church.