Without wanting to alarm any Lismore App readers, there are only five weeks until Christmas Day.

You know that Christmas Day is closing quickly when the annual Lismore Anglican Christmas Pop Up shop opens its doors in the Lismore CBD.

Already, the CBD has the Jingle Bell Xmas store with the big blow-up Santa in full swing, also on Woodlark Street, and more businesses are starting to add decorations on the windows or in-store for the festive season.

At 9 o'clock this morning (17 November), in the old Lismore Cruise and Travel building on Woodlark Street, the same as last year, the doors will open for you to buy loads of Christmas gift ideas, such as cakes and puddings, homemade jams and pickles, local honey, fresh homemade cakes and biscuits, novelty craft items and an assorted array of inexpensive plants for the keen gardener.

(The Anglican Christmas Pop-up shop volunteers from 2024)

The motto for the Anglican Christmas Pop-up shop is “Home Sewn....Home Grown....Home Cooked”.

Volunteers have been hard at work for a number of months baking, growing, making and bottling to create a shop full of delectable and useful Christmas gifts. You can definitely say that all goods have been made with love.

Stephen Hall is the churchwarden for the Anglican Parish of Lismore. He told the Lismore App that the money goes to worthwhile causes throughout Australia.

"For example, Bush Church Aid supports ministry in remote Australia, and the Australian Board of Missions tends to be with indigenous people, and they also work overseas."

The shop will stay open for 3 weeks, closing its doors on Friday, 5 December 2025.

The Lismore Anglican Christmas Pop-up shop is open Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm and Saturday 9am to 12noon.

When the Christmas shop closes, the Anglican Church moves on to its Bethlehem Revisited story on the grounds of St Andrews Church at 10 Zadoc Street on the hill from 5:30pm.

The Christmas Countdown is on......