JollyDays Supported Holidays: Christmas Celebrations with Andy & Jackie

Christmas Celebrations

The magic of Christmas still exists! What a wonderful surprise visit from Father Christmas and his friends! He took the time to say hello and ask us what was on our Christmas list.

There were so many great activities for us to join in with. Christmas Clangers was so much fun as we tried follow the music ringing our different sounding handbells. Before long we had perfected a well known carol.

There were presents galore from our family back home and also from JollyDays!

It was then time to take our seats for the highlight of the day, the afternoon pantomime! This year’s performance was the well-known tale of Cinderella and the Ugly Sisters. There were many amusing special effects and silly jokes and of course we all had a chance to join in with ‘it’s behind you’ and ‘oh no it isn’t’. We were all thrilled when the prince discovered the shiny shoe fitted Cinderella rather than the Ugly Sisters! Such fun. To our delight we were invited onto the stage to have our photographs taken with the fabulous cast.

We got creative in the crafts room decorating our own Christmas tree decorations, bookmarks and envelopes for our letters to Santa. Using paints, stickers, glue and glitter we created some masterpieces!

Next, we headed to the archery range, a chance to learn and practise our skills with a bow and arrow. Although the pantomime this year was not Robin Hood, we think Robin would have been impressed with our efforts.

the fireworks over the lake. We wrapped up warm and watched in wonder as the different colours and patterns launched into the night sky with a series of pops, whizzes and bangs.

Every evening we were treated to some spectacular shows. Musicals Now was a medley of songs from some of our most loved West End musicals. A group called Hitzville, a Motown group sang soulful tunes with pitch perfect harmonies. You could always find us on the dance floor, showing off our disco moves.