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Merry Christmas to all From the Quarries!

00:00 Introduction

00:16 The Night Before the Meeting

04:40 Is Father Christmas a Freemason?

16:05 The Mystery of the Missing Pudding

34:24 Freemasonry - A Religion?

53:56 St Johns' Days

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