{"id":4540,"date":"2020-06-15T20:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T20:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/?page_id=4540"},"modified":"2025-06-29T16:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T16:47:40","slug":"2020-winter-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/2020-winter-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 ~ Winter Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Winter Festival Parade did not happen in its traditional form this year due to the government restrictions for Covid-19. We looked at different possibilities to bring some lovelyness into Ellesmere around the Christmas time and were invited by two church groups to create an angel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large angelic figure appeared in the church grounds of St. Mary&#8217;s Church on the 5th December and prevailed over Church Street until a few days after Christmas. She was 10ft tall with a wing span of 18ft, created in individual parts by separate households following restrictions laid down at the time for Covid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-4640 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-4640 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-4640\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fizzgigs-Angel-1.jpg\" 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fizzgigs-Angel-4.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"4644\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2021\/01\/Fizzgigs-Angel-4\/3394417754.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fizzgigs-Angel-5.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"4645\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2021\/01\/Fizzgigs-Angel-5\/2335049835.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fizzgigs-Angel-6.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"4646\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2021\/01\/Fizzgigs-Angel-6\/1219218488.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fizzgigs-Angel-7.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"4647\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2021\/01\/Fizzgigs-Angel-7\/165113865.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A second back-pack puppet angel appeared during the Nativity drive-thru. <\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-4655 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-4655 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-4655\" 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We looked at different possibilities to bring some lovelyness into Ellesmere around the Christmas time and were invited by two church groups to create an angel. A large angelic figure appeared in the church grounds&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/2020-winter-festival\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-with-left-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4540"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4659,"href":"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4540\/revisions\/4659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fizzgigs.co.uk\/Welcome-to-the-Fizzgigs-Website!\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}