West Wiltshire Crematorium will host its annual Christmas carol and memorial service this week, on Thursday 8th December.
It will feature a mixture of readings and popular festive carols, with an organist, a soloist and the local Salvation Army band playing.
Visitors to the free event can light candles and write messages for the memory tree. There will also a be photo slideshow on the screen during the service, showing images of loved ones.
Site manager Louise Belsey said, “Christmas can be a particularly difficult time of year for families who are missing loved ones, and our annual Christmas carol and memorial service provides a fitting way for people to reflect and honour their loved ones during the festive season.
“Our event provides a chance for people to not only pay tribute to their loved ones, but also be in the company of other people who are in a similar situation, which in itself can be a source of comfort.”
Families who are not able to attend can view the Christmas carol and memorial service online at https://events.obitus.com/, using the watch again option and enter the username ‘westwiltshire’ and the password ‘snow’.
The online service will be available to view for 28 days.
The crematorium also hosted an informal drop-in evening which enabled local people to have quiet moments of reflection on Thursday 1st December.
Non-religious Christmas music was played in the chapel, and visitors could write messages to their loved ones on tags, which were added to a Memory tree, as well as light memorial candles.
