Christingle

British

/ ˌkrɪsˈtɪŋɡəl /

noun

(in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it

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Etymology

Origin of Christingle

C20: from _Christmas + _ingle

Example Sentences

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"I was first in this building aged five years old at a Christingle service in the early 1970's," he said.

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That means midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass and Christingle services should be able to go ahead, but without the congregation singing.

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The Church of England's latest online offering, a video of a Christingle service, is being actively pushed towards new parents logging into Facebook.

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Christingle started in Germany in 1747 but didn't reach the UK until 1968.

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But it wasn't made popular in the UK until 1968 when John Pensom, described in his Church Times obituary as "Mr Christingle", used it as a fundraising event for the Children's Society charity.

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