And So This Is Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho everyone!

As you might know, for the last meeting of the semester, Aline, Laurence and I decided to spice things up! Instead of having a meeting at the Blandijn, we went to Mayana Chocolate Bar as it is impossible to be in the Christmas mood without hot chocolate. When everyone finally had their drink and was able to listen to Aline, she explained why we had all been asked to dress up: a Christmas sweater competition! We were all asked to vote on a little piece of paper. Julie and Jolien got to share the prize. Congratulations to them! 

Aline then divided us in pairs for the first part of the meeting and gave us two cards out of Aline's Christmas Story Cards set. Each card had the picture of a character from a Christmas legend and a little explanation on who the character is. Each pair wrote a little story, and then read it out loud. We also took a vote on whose story was the best, or the most amusing.

For the second activity, Aline divided the whole group in two. Each group received puzzle pieces from Story Box. The pieces were parts of a story. Both groups had to start from the same puzzle piece, but they had different endings. Just so you know, Christmas stories can now involve spying and kidnapping. 

Our (beloved) name bag made a comeback during the third activity. We all had to pick one name from the bag and then had to imagine what would happen if our character met Santa Claus. I wrote a story about the Statue of Liberty getting a saw from Santa so she could free herself and walk around, because isn't it ironic that a statue representing freedom is immobile?

To end the meeting, Aline gave us a copy of a Christmas song written by John Lennon. Laurence, who created this activity, had taken out some of the words and our job was to add new words, as long as it fit the rhyme scheme. For some reason, we all decided to transform the song into something weird, creepy and scary. Sorry, John!

Well this is it for this semester, we are now taking a break until the end of the exams. Aline, Laurence and I hope you enjoyed the meetings and what we posted on the Facebook page.

Enjoy the holidays and good luck for the exams!

- Cara