2012
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| Edible Reindeer Poo |
"On Christmas morning
When Santa had been
I ran to the window
and saw quite a scene
There in amongst
the snowy white drifts
Rudolph & Prancer
had left us some gifts!
I shovelled it up
(with a bit of snow too)
Those little 'nuggets'
of Reindeer poo!
To throw them away
seemed such a waste
So I bagged them up
to give you a taste!"
2013
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| How the Angel got on top of the Christmas tree |
Santa's day was awful
So fed up was he
The Elves had drunk
his Christmas drink
Rudolph had done a wee
Mother-in-law was coming
His presents weren't yet wrapped
he had never been so stressed
he was in a right old flap!
An Angel was a-passing
and knocked upon the door
a bushy spruce was in her hands
you couldn't ask for more!
She asked where she should stick it
So that's where there came to be
A lovely Christmas Angel
on top of the Christmas Tree!
2014
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| Folding out hanging Snowman Decoration |
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| And this year...... |
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| Self Assembly Christmas tree |
This year we sent out a 3-D Christmas tree card complete with assembly instructions on a wrist snap pen drive.
Here's what people have had to say about it: -
"Like the tree!
A construction project from Engineers to a building Surveyor. What could go wrong?
It’s got pride of place on our card shelf now
Merry Xmas"
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"Good morning, (make that afternoon now as it’s taken me so long to
write this!)
Greetings from the other side……
I received your wonderful Christmas greeting last week but only just
made time to concentrate fully and assemble said greeting.
I was intrigued by the long usb stick and considered for a short
while the reason for its length. Was this to allow display of business details,
to use a shoe horn, to scratch ones back or simply so that it is not easily
misplaced? I decided to accept whatever the reason might be and move on to
reading the instructions I needed to create my master piece of art. BTW, I did
assemble the star all on my own initiative before looking at the instructions. I
couldn’t wait. Are you impressed?
Anyway, I found your instructions most informative and helpful and
the tree was soon complete (well, as soon as was possible, but probably not soon
enough! I knew there was a reason for putting it off). Your tips on the
difficult bits were most welcome otherwise it might have been made even more not
soon enough! Are you liking my logic? J
I have always found your (well Ann & Michelle’s) homemade cards
absolutely amazing in the past, however I can’t help but think they had some
help with this one. I’m not doubting though that the idea was entirely
(collectively) yours and one to be commended for!
I attach a picture of my decorated tree. Hey it looks like the one in
the picture. Oh, I’m so good! But not without your help….
In order to stand the tree up straight I used a lump of blu tac stuck
in the bottom as suggested (oooooh) and that worked a treat – eventually. I’ve
not modeled play dough or such like for a number of years and am out of
practice, although today’s efforts have enhanced my ability to partake in such
fun activities more constructively than earlier this morning!
I found several different colours of map pins, which looked perfect
for baubles – see attached picture. Unfortunately, the tree card is so thick
that I could not easily prick the pins through at the end of the branches
without half destroying the tree! It remains baubleless, if that’s a word,
although you never know in a moment (or few hours) of boredom (I never get
bored!) I may persevere and attach some other decoration, maybe even some
snow.
After erecting my tree, I was again thoughtfully considering the long
usb stick and running my fingers along the flat bit thinking how rubbery it felt
(in fact I had a job to get it out of the cellophane packet because of the
texture) and wondering what you could use it for, when suddenly without any
notice, it snapped itself vigorously around my hand and frightened me half to
death!!
Once I had recovered from the shock of the totally unwarranted attack
(after all I was only gently stroking it!) I decided it was a good idea to wear
it on my wrist so that I did not lose it, so I now have new personal decoration
as well as my tree – see attached photo. ;-) That’s a good thing because my
watch broke at the weekend so my wrist was bare.
Well, finally I thought I would send you an email message with thanks
and greetings for the season (this is it!) but when I came to enter the
recipient in the ‘To’ line, no address was available. I remembered recently I
had a blue screen experience with my computer and our IT man had to clean it up
and warned me that it may be software add-ons that caused the problem and
specifically mentioned that auto fill on emails may not work. He was
right!
However, my mind turned to my new bracelet that had Taylor Tuxford
emblazoned on it and I figured I was saved and would find the details I needed
right there on my left arm. Alas, it bears only the name. L Perhaps on the accompanying signed
card? No. So I had to phone the office and ask for it. Yes that was me just
now!!
Many thanks for thinking of me again at this time of year and
providing some amusement and thought provoking fun.
Please send details please of your chosen charity as I would like to
make a donation, inspired by your continual efforts. It may be a kind of time
saving cop out, but I’ll donate to the charity what I might otherwise have spent
on making or buying and posting a card.
Merry Christmas and A Very Happy New Year to you
all!"
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"Thanks for the tree/ pen drive as usual brute force and
ignorance meant that we all struggled with the tree then read the card to
discover the pen drive DOH!!!!"
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"We always look forward to receiving your Christmas card; can't wait for next year!"
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So all in all a really positive response, all thanks to Anne's hard work; she's having a rest now as all that card embossing and punching has strained her wrist!
She's already got some ideas for next year and has raised the bar high this time, so no pressure then!
Merry Christmas!
