Brynamman Christmas Village

27/12/2023

😢💚

2 years without you 💚

Time will never heal the loss we feel for you. We love you so much Joseph 💚

26/12/2023

THANK YOU!!
What a truly glorious event we had this year and it was all thanks to you guys for coming and supporting!
Over 2000 children enjoyed the Elf Experience, provided for free by Joseph’s Smile and the National Lottery, Santa was as wonderful as ever, the elves were cheeky, the stall holders gorgeous and generous, the live sessions were a huge hit and we absolutely loved all of your festive photos with our lights and decorations!
A massive thank you to every member of staff, the charity volunteers and anyone who contributed to help the event run smoothly. Huge credit to Katy, Christine and members of the family from Joseph's Smile who practically moved in for the whole of December and of course, the wonderful woman without whom the Christmas Village would be nonexistent, our very own Margaret Studt. Thank you so much, Margaret, for all that you do for the charity, the children and the community of Brynamman. We adore you!
We hope you all enjoy the rest of your Christmas and we look forward to seeing you in 2024!!
Demiro's

24/12/2023

Here are some of our fabulous Brynamman Christmas Village Family! Missing quite a few amazing people, but what a team, and what an event!!!!
Thank you all so much for coming and supporting Joseph’s Smile
It has been magical 💚🔔🎅🎄

Demiro's ❤️

24/12/2023

What a stunningly beautiful act of remembrance 🔔💚💛❤️💙

23/12/2023

Join us tomorrow at the Christmas village at 11:30am for a magical Santa visit before waving him off to the North Pole during the very special Bells For Heaven remembrance, for all children in heaven.
If you can't make it to the village, don't worry, you can still get involved at home or wherever you are in the world. If you can, please upload a video and use the hashtag 🔔

23/12/2023

So great to see so many from the community and beyond join us for our final Live Sessions of the festive season!
Monkeybutlers on until 7pm so come on down and join the fun!!!!

22/12/2023

Please join us on Christmas Eve for a very special visit from Santa and ringing your Bells for all our children in Heaven. No need to worry about the rain, we have you covered in the Stags Bar.

Please join us on Christmas Eve for a very special visit from Santa and ringing your Bells for all our children in Heaven. No need to worry about the rain, we have you covered in the Stags Bar.

Bring your own bells or purchase a bell from Joseph’s Smile for £2 at the Brynamman Christmas Village
limited stock available.

We're looking forward to welcoming you all to this special event 💚

22/12/2023

We're looking forward to our final Saturday Live Sessions of the season with live music from the fabulous Monkeybutlers 🎶🎸
On from 5pm!!

21/12/2023

Important request from Joseph’s Smile
Thank you

IMPORTANT
Please can we ask you to email [email protected] if you are unable to make your reservation for the Elf Experience. We have a very large waiting list of families who would like to come, and unfortunately a large amount of families have not been showing up to their designated reservation. We understand that there are emergencies, but if you could let us know as soon as possible, we can then offer your space to another child. Thank you so much 💚

21/12/2023

What a beautiful and incredibly special moment this was and we feel so grateful that this year is set to be bigger than ever now that we have teamed up with The Bradley Lowery Foundation and Morgan’s Army to host Bells for Heaven all around the country.

For those who can get there, please join us at the Brynamman Christmas Village again this Christmas Eve.
Come say farewell to Santa as he leaves for the North Pole and join us in the most stunning act of remembrance by ringing your bells for our children in heaven this Christmas.
If you need a bell, we have some available for a small donation to the charity.

Join us from 11:30am at the Christmas village if you'd like to see Santa before the bell ringing.

For those joining us online, please upload a photo or video and don't forget to use the hashtag so we can see all of your wonderful bell ringing and make a video to share on here.

Thank you so much 💚💛❤️💙🔔

20/12/2023

SANTA GROTTO AVAILABLITY
We have opened up a few extra slots to visit our Santa Grotto from this evening. Take a look at our website for times and how to book 👇🎅
https://josephssmile.org/product/personalised-santas-grotto-experience/

We love this photo of the beautiful little Layka-Rae, visiting Santa for the first time. Isn't she adorable ❤️🎅

20/12/2023

This Saturday at 5pm!!!
Our final Saturday Live Sessions of the season. Don't miss it 🎶🎸

Next Monkey Butlers gigs- Dec 22nd Garnant golf club 7pm, Dec 23rd Brynaman Christmas Experience 5pm and Dec 26th Brynaman rfc 9pm..

17/12/2023

What a weekend!!!!
Thank you all so much for coming.
We're open every day now until Christmas Eve 🎅

16/12/2023

Brynamman Christmas Village and Joseph’s Smile are wishing our friends at Brynamman Public Hall Cinema the very best of luck with their first ever Christmas Spectacular!!
We are in no doubt that it is going to be a very special evening!! Pob lwc, guys ❤️

15/12/2023

🙈😆💚

Today I stepped in to cover staff in our Elf Experience, and so I was transformed into ‘Boo Boo the Elf’ which was Joseph’s Elf on the Shelf name. This charity has definitely taken me to many different places, but being an Elf in the North Pole was definitely a first. And I christened my first ever show with my trousers falling down half way through 😂 I was luckily saved by my leggings, thank goodness I wore them underneath! Phew!!!

15/12/2023

Please get involved, wherever you are in the world this Christmas Eve x

A CALL TO CHRISTMAS ACTION

Will you ring a bell this Christmas Eve for all of our children in heaven this Christmas?

Wherever you are in the world, you can get involved. We want this beautiful event to go global 🌎 Will you help us?

We are calling all individuals, celebs, charities, organisations, businesses and churches to join us at midday on Christmas Eve and ring a bell to remember our children in heaven this Christmas.
Please don't underestimate the power and significant impact that this gesture will have on families who are struggling with their loss this festive season. A parent's biggest fear is that people will stop talking or forget. Let's show them all that will never happen.

It takes just two simple steps to get involved. It is so easy.

1. Share this post to let your followers know that you are getting involved and hopefully encourage them to do the same.
2. Ring a bell at midday on Christmas Eve, wherever you are in the world and upload to social media. Please use the hashtag

To my fellow bereaved parents, if you would like to join bells for heaven in any way please get in touch and I will design an image just like this one with a photo of your child for you to share with your family and friends 💚🔔

Thank you all and much love, Katy and Emma x

13/12/2023

Our Saturday Live Sessions continue this Saturday 16th December with Ian Shimmin performing from 4:30pm and Monkeybutlers on Saturday 23rd from 5pm!!
Our live sessions have proven hugely popular this year, so be sure to come along for a great afternoon out!!!

13/12/2023

We would like to invite you to Brynamman Christmas Village on Christmas Eve for the very special ‘Bells for Heaven’, bell ringing.

Message from the charity Joseph's Smile:
Last year our community came together to ring bells for Joseph and all children spending Christmas in heaven and this act of kindness, of stunning remembrance, had a huge and significant impact on our family. I can't begin to explain how it feels to face Christmas without Joseph, and whilst this special bell ringing event will never take away the pain of that loss, it definitely did bring comfort to our family at an extremely difficult time.

We were so unbelievably grateful for this beautiful gesture and we would like for it to become an annual Christmas eve tradition for all children spending Christmas in heaven.

If you can’t make it to the Christmas Village, don't worry you can still get involved, so please ring your bells wherever you are in the world. We will release more information on how to get involved soon. 💚🔔

Here's the itinerary for the Christmas Eve bell ringing at Brynamman Christmas Village...

11:30-11:50 come meet us at the Stags Bar for a very special Santa entrance. Come meet and greet Santa before we then wave him goodbye for the North Pole.

12pm - Come and line up on the Christmas Village path with your Christmas bells and ring them loud for all our children to hear in heaven. A little blue balloon followed Santa all the way up the path last year and we just know that it was a sign from Joseph and our children to show that they were all there with us 💚

Please join us and let's ring those bells!!

11/12/2023

What an incredibly special evening 🎅🎄💚

10/12/2023

CHRISTMAS CRAFTS at our Christmas Village 🎅

CHRISTMAS CRAFTS
Come along to the Brynamman Christmas Village today and be sure to pop into our craft tent where your little ones can get a glitter tattoo, decorate a Christmas mug or card & browse our charity stall full of goodies to suit all ages. We also have some incredible crafters joining us to include stunning honey products (I can vouch for the lip balm!!!), festive goodies for your four legged friends, the most delicious cupcakes 😋 and beautiful Christmas wreaths and table centres that will transform your dinner table this Christmas!!
Open from 12-8pm 🎅💚

09/12/2023

Another fantastically festive day at our Brynamman Christmas Village. Thank you to all of you who came and made it a truly special day and thank you to Jemma Krysa for her stunning performance. We loved it!!
We go again tomorrow, open 12pm to 8pm. Can't wait to welcome you all 🎄🎅🎄

Demiro's Casa De Margarita