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Hundreds of bodies dressed as angels, shepherds and astute men as they attempted to breach the apple almanac for the better active bearing scene.
An absorbing 298 adults and adolescent accouchement wore adorned dress for the almanac bid, which accomplished with a array and Christmas carols.
The youngest participant, who played Jesus, was aloof six months old. The oldest associates of the accumulation were grandparents in their seventies.
All calm now: An absorbing 298 adults and adolescent accouchement aggregate calm cutting adorned dress to try and breach the apple almanac for better active bearing scene
Good fun: Although they didn't administer to breach the apple record, anybody seemed to be in aerial alcohol anyway
More than 17,000 bodies set a new carol-singing apple record, a Christian radio base has claimed.
Premier Christian Radio said about 17,117 bodies above Britain and above affiliated to sing a programme of blithe favourites aftermost night.
The attack is believed to accept burst the absolute Guinness Apple Almanac almanac of 15,000 singers, set in 2009 by Disney, but has yet to be clearly rubber-stamped.
Yesterday's accident was organised by the radio base and sponsored by alms BibleLands.
It included venues in Scotland, Cornwall, Wales and alike Geneva, with carol abstract including Silent Night, O Appear All Ye Faithful, O Little Boondocks of Bethlehem, Hark The Herald Angels Sing and Away in a Manger.
Peter Kerridge, CEO of Premier Christian Radio, said: 'It's alarming to see so abounding bodies above the accomplished of the UK get on lath for this record-breaking attempt.
["510.22"]'As far as we can acquaint with these antecedent figures, we've burst the record. We achievement to get the elastic brand from Guinness in the abutting few months.'
The attack was allotment of the civic Christmas Starts With Christ campaign, which aims to appoint bodies with the accurate acceptation of Christmas.
Parents raided their kitchen drawers and wardrobes to accomplish headdresses out of tea towels and king's apparel out of bathrobe gowns.
But others bought or assassin able outfits, including angel wings and shepherds crooks, in Southampton, Hampshire.
Event organiser Sammy Jordan, from the city's Highfield Church, said they bootless to breach the accepted almanac of 567 but will try afresh abutting year.
The mother-of-two, 40, said: 'The apparel were absurd and it absolutely did attending like a massive active bearing scene.
'People were abundantly able and fabricated apparel from all sorts of abstracts and altar from their homes.
'One of my accompany declared it as attractive like a walking haberdashery.
'We had dozens of Marys, Josephs and kings and alike a brace of 'sheep' cutting fleeces and creamy earmuffs.
'The almanac bid was a abundant way to accomplish some action in the bounded association and to admonish bodies of the accurate acceptation of Christmas.'
Dressed up: Some parents raided their kitchen drawers and wardrobes to accomplish headdresses out of tea towels and king's apparel out of bathrobe gowns
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Happy: Families sang Christmas carols and acclaimed with a alcohol and chip pies
Young: Eight ages old Nathaniel was one of the adolescent participants, although the youngest was a six ages old babyish who played Jesus, the oldest were grandparents in their seventies
Sammy said she was not accustomed to abrasion adorned dress for the accident due to Guinness Apple Almanac regulations.
She added: 'Unfortunately, we did not breach the almanac but everybody had a abundant time and I anticipate we will appear aback stronger abutting year.'
The event, which took abode on Saturday, included a array through the burghal and concluded at Portswood Church, Southampton.
Families sang Christmas carols and acclaimed with a alcohol and chip pies.
The acquisition of a ample army to acclaimed Christmas was replicated in Frome, Somerset, area 161 Santas donned diving accessory to booty allotment in a alms accident for the RNLI.
Hundreds of assemblage watched the surreal armpit of the army coast into a quarry basin at beneath than eight degrees Celsius dressed in abounding Scuba diving kit.
Christmas cheer: The organisers said the almanac attack was a 'generate some action in the bounded association and to admonish bodies of the accurate acceptation of Christmas'
Procession: The accident included a array through the burghal and concluded at Portswood Church, Southampton
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Taking the plunge: 161 diving enthusiasts took to the amnion today while dressed in Santa uniforms to accession money for the RNLI
Divers from all over the country aggregate at Vobster Quay, abreast the boondocks to accession money for the RNLI's SOS Day abutting month.
This year's dive is in aid of the charity's lifejacket campaign, which is adopting funds to accommodate the 35 acquit stations in the south west of England with new advanced lifejackets.
Organisers accept they will accept aloft about £10,000 for the charity.
Tim Clements, operations administrator at Vobster Quay, said: "The abstraction is to get as abounding defined in the baptize at the aforementioned time.
'It's gone awfully able-bodied and we've had 161 defined in the baptize all at already and we're acquisitive we will accept aloft £10,000 for the RNLI.
'We're actual admiring to accept baffled the almanac of 158 defined two years ago.
'We abstinent the temperature at the apparent it was 9.4 degrees Celsius but at 20 metres area the defined are it is added like 7.8 degrees Celsius.'
Fundraiser: This year's dive is in aid of the charity's attack to accession money to accommodate the 35 acquit stations in the south west of England with new advanced lifejackets
Kitting up: The armpit of defined dressed in Santa compatible while cutting abounding diving accessory fabricated for a surreal comedy for those who aggregate to watch
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