⁵⁷ When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. ⁵⁸ Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

⁵⁹ On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, ⁶⁰ but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”

⁶¹ They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”

⁶² Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.⁶³ He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.” ⁶⁴ Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. ⁶⁵ All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. ⁶⁶ Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.  [Luke 1:57-66]

Christmas Jumper of the Day

Stephen is wearing our Christmas Jumper of the day today. 

He's clearly has been splashing the (Matthew) Cash on this garment from a good (Neil) Taylor. It's Marvellous (Nakamba). The perfect item of clothing if your (Matt) Targett is to put some (Tom) Heat on in the (Kortney) Hause. We Lovre (Kalinic) it and Stephen, we know you are thinking that with this 'you're alright Jack' (Grealish)!

The one disappointment is the lack of claret and blue amidst it's colour palette. But is that a hint we see of a Villa in the polo shirt underneath?