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Toni is our first guest blogger - written fresh after the Christmas games session fray!

This years Christmas session had a bit of a swap around. Since Gold has moved into a new building with a slightly smaller room and are going straight into rehearsals of a project to perform at The Hepworth, we had the Christmas session at Sapphire with a couple of Gold members as guests.
After playing the usual favourites (now including the very stressful list game- which once I was out, had my favourite round yet, Jane Austen novels) we did the annual Christmas jingles! They're always the the highlight of the days leading up to Christmas and no doubt you'll be seeing them very soon so I won't give too much away. However, just to last you until next week, it's worth mentioning we'll be seeing the return of some old friends, a number of rather good and enthusiastic singers and a 7 year old's account of the Nativity Play. They're always as fun to make and perform as they are to watch and what's better than a Yew Tree jingle to put you in the Christmassy mood?
It was a nice to have one last session after the Christmas shows where we all had chance to mention how we enjoyed them (and the other events of 2014 including Connections, Childrens' Excursion, The Sea and lots of heartwarming comments about how much Yew Tree and everyone who goes, mean to them) which was a fantastic way to end the Yew Tree year!
All that's left to say is good luck to everyone leaving Sapphire or any other company and moving to a new one in the new year (we'll miss you!) and Merry Christmas!

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