{"id":10245,"date":"2025-12-12T16:19:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/?p=10245"},"modified":"2025-12-13T11:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:17:37","slug":"december-2025-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/2025\/12\/12\/december-2025-christmas-party\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2025 &#8211; Christmas Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We welcomed 47 members to our Christmas Party. The committee had worked hard to decorate the room and tables, prepare a delicious buffet, and organise a variety of entertainment. Members were welcomed with wine or non-alcoholic punch and sat at tables of 7\/8 \u2013 a popular size which made it easy to chat to our fellow members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table1-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-8-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10208\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-8-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-8-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-8-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-8-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-8.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-7-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-7-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-7-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-7-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-7.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a leisurely meal Susan, our retiring present, was given a gift of a planter as a thank you for all she has done during 2025. We then had a variety of activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-6-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-6-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-6-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-6-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-6.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-5-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-5-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-5-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-4-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-4-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-4-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-4.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A quiz \u2013 &#8216;How well do you know your committee?&#8217; We all found out something new about them!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A &#8216;steal raffle&#8217;. Names were drawn and there were 12 prizes. After all the prizes had been allocated, later winners had to steal their prize from someone else!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Pantomime \u2013 Committee members dressed appropriately as they took on their roles and read a &#8216;Jack and the Beanstalk&#8217; story, in several short acts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standing Bingo &#8211; each given a raffle ticket. All stood up at the start, then had to sit down if their number was drawn, until only 1 winner remained<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carols &#8211; To finish the entertainment each table given a carol which they sang to their audience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10203\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-3-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-2-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/table-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The table decorations, which included pretty pansy plants, were taken home by the members as their WI gift. A very enjoyable evening, we had a lot of positive feedback from those present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We welcomed 47 members to our Christmas Party. The committee had worked hard to decorate the room and tables, prepare a delicious buffet, and organise a variety of entertainment. Members were welcomed with wine or non-alcoholic punch and sat at tables of 7\/8 \u2013 a popular size which made it easy to chat to our fellow members. After a leisurely meal Susan, our retiring present, was given a gift of a planter as a thank you for all she has done during 2025. We then had a variety of activities. 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