A MAN who runs a donkey sanctuary and a postman are two of the 'virtual' Oxfordshire stars to feature in the Church of England's first online Advent calendar.
People who log on at www.adventstories.org will miss out on a chocolate, but they will find out on December 17 why John McLaren, who looks after 81 donkeys at the lsland Farm donkey sanctuary in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, loves Christmas.
The following day, they will see Howard Fox, and his story about how busy the Post Office is at Christmas.
But no peeping is allowed, as the virtual windows will only open on the right day.
Sarah Meyrick, of the Diocese of Oxford, said: "The national Church of England website receives around 90,000 visitors every month and we hope the Christmas stories of 'people next door' will mean an even higher number of people will use the site."
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