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Birth of a Festive Icon
Issue 980
From the Nativity to The Snowman and now The Gruffalo, we explore the making of a Christmas icon
Also in this issue…
Friend of The Big Issue Simon Pegg on breaking Hollywood and becoming chummy with Tom Cruise
The love, dedication and hope bringing joy to one children’s hospice this Christmas
Pop star turned vicar, the Reverend Richard Coles, ponders is it cool to be Christian?
And Sarah Beeney talks Christmas at Rise Hall and being a matchmaker extraodinaire! PLUS Free ‘A Christmas Carol’ audiobook for every reader