We held our Christmas party on 22 December kindly hosted once again by Margaretha. Before the feasting began and the Dutch present game was convened some members gave a performance of ‘Cinderella’ whilst dressed appropriately for their part. This was great fun. Next, we tucked into a wonderful buffet of food provided by those attending that accompanied the fab soups and bread provided by Margaretha – all washed down with more than a few bottles of non-alcoholic Prosecco. The lack of alcohol didn’t stop us having fun which included a game of Dutch Christmas presents which is a game of ‘chance and choices’ using 2 dice – introduced and explained to us by our very own Margaretha who is from the Netherlands. Before we all headed for home we sang a few of our favourite Christmas Carols seated around the log burner – a lovely feastive afternoon amongst friends.
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Much fun, competitiveness and laughter playing the Dutch Christmas Present Game
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