The past few years have been difficult ones: in the Woolfonts, and in the wider world. For such reasons, both the tale of Ordinary Time in the villages in 2017, and the history of the July Crisis of 1914, have been delayed in publication.But for such ills there are remedies: and here is one such, the mixture as before. Collected in this volume are many of the homilies and sermons preached to date in the Combined Benefice of The Woolfonts, Somerfords, & Harstbournes, by Canon Paddick, Fr Campion, Fr Bohun, and Fr Gascelyn Levett. Some may be recalled fondly by Village Tales fans; others shall be new to most; and a few are thus far exclusive to this volume. And so, despite storms and delays, a happy Christmas to you all.