THE POSADA BEGINS ITS JOURNEY AROUND BRIGG IN THE RUN UP TO CHRISTMAS 2017

PICTURE AND REPORT FROM KEN HARRISON, BRIGG MATTERS MAGAZINE

'Posada' is Spanish for 'inn' and gives its name to an old custom of years ago when young people dressed as Mary and Joseph travelled from house to house, in the days before Christmas, asking for a room for the night and telling people about the imminent coming of Jesus.
Nowadays, it is figures of Mary and Joseph that 'travel' from location to location in the days before Christmas, eventually arriving at a local church where they form part of the Christmas Crib.
In previous years, the Churches Together's Posada figures have ended their journeying at both the Brigg Methodist Chapel and at St John's and this year, their Posada travels end at St Mary's RC Church.
Look out for them around the town until Christmas Eve when they will come into St Mary's Church for the Christmas services.  
The Posada has already been to Brigg Tourist Information Centre and Brown & Co in the Market Place.
Remaining venues and dates Brigg are:
November 25-26: Brian's DIY
November 27-28: Parker's Carpets
November 29-30: Dream Doors
December 1-3: O'Brien's Opticians
December 4-5: Shipley's Curiosities
December 6-7: Brigg Travel Company
December 8-10: St John's Church
December 11-12 Chris and Gill Dyson
December 13-15: Design Orchard
December 16-17: St Mary's Church
December 18-19: Isn't She Lovely
December 20-21: Grandad's Shed
December 23: Churches Together Shop
December 24: St Mary's Church


PICTURED: Sylvia and Peter Thompson and the Venerable Andrew Ballard (centre) holding the Posada figures before their travels.