Join 'The News', local celebrities, and school choirs for their annual carol service; a time to celebrate the Christmas story and reflect on its meaning, with the help of Christingles!

The Milton Glee Choir and the Royal Marines Association Concert Band are once again joining forces to present their regular Christmas Concert, with fundraising in aid of the Royal Marines Charity.

The Concert will feature festive pieces from both the Choir and Band as well as joint numbers and some audience participation. Get yourself in the festive mood with this great start to the holiday season.

Tickets, which cost £15 per person, can be purchased from the Milton Glee Choir's site: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/milton-glee-choir/mg-choir-rma-band-christmas-concert/2025-12-07/15:30/t-lnyxqjg

Join The Royal Marines School of Music as they kick off Christmas with a stunning and spectacular evening of Christmas entertainment on the 11 or 12 December, featuring carols, choirs, elves, crackers, terrible puns, tinsel and gifts, and of course, the festive Corps of Drums.

To book tickets (£15 for adults, £13 for concessions, £1 for children), please go to The Royal Marines Band Service's Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-royal-marines-band-service-69684721233

Portsmouth Choral Union will be celebrating the festive season and their special relationship with the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra with an evening of magnificent Christmas music. You can expect Christmas favourites, carols old and new, and audience carols, wrapped up as a seasonal treat for all the family!

Tickets (£20 for adults, £2.50 for children & students) must be bought in advance from the PCU's website: https://pcuchoir.org/future-concerts/

Join us for a carol service which both reflects on the Christmas season and remembers those who will be in need this winter. As a chance for us to share our gifts with others, we will be distributing the vouchers collected by local churches, through the Comfort & Joy campaign, to local agencies supporting vulnerable people this Christmas.

If you would like to contribute to the Comfort and Joy campaign, then please make a donation of £5 or £10 gift cards and/or a Christmas card with a personal message (in an unsealed envelope) to St Mary's Church, Fratton Road, PO1 5PA or The Deanery Office, St Faith's Church, Crasswell Street, PO1 1HT.

We hope that this combination of a gift card and a Christmas card gives people in the margins an opportunity to have their humanity recognised and to exercise the gift of choice in how they spend it.