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Kate Sergeant - Alzheimer Society Services Manager for West Kent, Madeleine McClintock from Operation Christmas Child and Philip McGarvey Hymn Indexer and songwriter join Mike on The Sunday Panel.

• MUSLIM RESTAURANT OWNER: Many people choose to eat out in a restaurant on Christmas Day - so it can be quite a big earner for restauranteurs. But one Muslim restaurant owner decided to invite homeless people - sleeping rough - into his restaurant for a special Christmas meal.

• CHRISTMAS FOR NON-CHRISTIANS: Perhaps you're getting together the last bits for a party tonight OR the New Year's Day lunch tomorrow. But what if you're surrounded by all the joy and wonder of the Christmas & New Year season - but you're of a different faith? It may come as a surprise - but Christmas for many non-Christians - is still just as special.

• CHRISTIANS HELP OTHERS AT CHRISTMAS? Christmas is usually a time to take a break and spend quality time with loved ones. But for some people - Christmas is also a time to put their faith into action and sacrifice their own enjoyment to help others.

• NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS: It's New Year's Eve and many of us will be thinking about New Year resolutions. What are yours going to be? Maybe losing weight, stopping smoking, starting to exercise... or perhaps something else? Many churches will hold Watch Night services tonight. Congregations will be praying, singing, giving testimonials and watching the New Year come in.. It's an opportunity for them to look back at the past year - but also to think about how they want the New Year to be.
So how big a part does faith play in helping them to decide their new year resolutions?

• THE EPIPHANY: Next weekend Christians will mark the festival of Epiphany. Celebrated 12 days after Christmas - it's the time when people remember the Wise Men - or the Three Kings - who visited Jesus - bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. According to the story they were guided by a star. For a long time people have debated which star it was - whether it was a special star - or whether it was something else altogether. Also – the chronology of the Bible – the Christian year