{"id":24780,"date":"2015-12-23T20:02:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T20:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=24780"},"modified":"2015-12-23T20:04:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T20:04:24","slug":"christmas-countdown-toyah-talks-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/christmas-countdown-toyah-talks-christmas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Countdown: Toyah Talks Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sunexp13c\"<\/a>A trio of festive Toyah interviews from Christmases past. Christmas Memories<\/strong> from \u2018No. 1\u2032 magazine, 1983;\u00a0Star Surprises<\/strong> from \u2018Celebs\u2019 magazine, 2005; and a O Come, All Ye Faithful<\/strong> from the \u2018Sunday Express\u2019 magazine, 2008 (which also included a festive illustration by Daniel Mitchell).<\/span><\/p>\n

O Come, All Ye Faithful: Sunday Express (21st December 2008)<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe festive season isn\u2019t just about parties and presents, even for the stars. Gillian Rowe talks to some well-known people about where they worship on Christmas Day, and what the occasion means to them.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Toyah Willcox<\/strong>: Each Christmas Eve my husband Robert and I go to the midnight carol service at my local parish church. I\u2019m normally working over Christmas, singing at rock concerts or appearing in panto, so I find myself rushing home from wherever I am to get to the service on time. The church is full to the rafters, with 300 people or more, and everyone takes communion.<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe in remembering the Christian values of Christmas, which for me are about bringing a community together and celebrating the birth of all children. Also, for me, Christmas is more important than the New Year as a time to look over what you have achieved in the previous 12 months.\u00a0I love singing Silent Night and Away In A Manger. I first sung them at school, and we were all so innocent then. There was no persecution, terrorism or religious hatred when I was growing up in Birmingham. Of course, the history of Christianity, like many religions, is peppered with violence, but for me the principles of Christianity are sound. I think it\u2019s important for children to be taught the power of prayer, the importance of community and compassion. For me a carol service awakens this in all children.<\/span><\/p>\n

Star Surprises: Our Fave Gifts: Celebs Magazine (December 2005)<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe celebs reveal all about the very best pressies they\u2019ve ever found under the Christmas tree. Amazingly, they aren\u2019t all diamonds and sports cars.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

TOYAH WILLCOX\u00a0<\/strong> \u2018A lifesize terracotta statue of a horse and warrior. On Christmas day in 1991, my husband insisted I walk around the garden and there it was. I still love it.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Christmas Memories: No. 1 (24th December 1983)<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat was the best Christmas you ever had?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The best Christmases ever was when I was a kid because I had the security of my family and all the traditions were kept. I used to get tons and tons of pressies. Up until the age of ten I was having really good christmases. I spent one Christmas in complete euphoria after doing the Drury Lane Whistle Test which was two years ago. It was such a wonderful night.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Continue reading Christmas Memories at Dreamscape\u2019s<\/span> Press Archive<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A trio of festive Toyah interviews from Christmases past. Christmas Memories from \u2018No. 1\u2032 magazine, 1983;\u00a0Star Surprises from \u2018Celebs\u2019 magazine, 2005; and a O Come, All Ye Faithful from the \u2018Sunday Express\u2019 magazine, 2008 (which also included a festive illustration by Daniel Mitchell). O Come, All Ye Faithful: Sunday Express (21st December 2008) The festive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24780"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24826,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24780\/revisions\/24826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}