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King Island Courier
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2023
Senior Cits Christmas
LEFT: Yvonne
Trout and
Karen Muir.
RIGHT: Yvonne
and Ron Hill
get into the
Christmas
spirit.
Sue Brooks and Sue Williams enjoy the festivities.
The Grades 1 and 2 performers take a well-earned break to hang out with The Clauses.
LAUGHTER and good cheer
once again escaped from the
King Island Hotel when the
Senior Citizens held their annual
Christmas lunch last week.
The sit-down Christmas dinner
had ham, turkey, vegetables,
gravy, and cranberry sauce on the
menu, followed by plum pudding
or pavlova and berries and was
enjoyed by all. But the real reason
more than 75 attended the lunch
was the entertainment.
All the way from the North
Pole, Santa interrupted Senior
Cits president Jenny Hill and
Colleen O’Flaherty’s welcome,
but guests were astounded
when Prime Minister Anthony
Albanese, courtesy of King Island
Radio, sent his greetings and
warm wishes for Christmas to the
King Island Senior Citizens.
Santa and Mrs Claus, with the
help of Grades 1 and 2 students
from the school, opened the
festivities with a Christmas
modi昀椀ed Jailhouse Rock. Blonde
Marilyn, aka Janet Hamilton,
schmoozed and wiggled across
the stage with Santa Baby. Who
knew Janet could move those hips
and slide that boa in such ways?
John Smith quickly followed
the Aussie classic Jingle Bells in
a Rusty Holden Ute with a uke.
The kitchen staff couldn’t
believe their eyes. Darelle
Thompson found her ‘Ho Ho
Ho’ in the bottom of a bottle
and Sonja Hassing slinked and
brought a very sexy 昀氀avour to I
Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus
(by this stage the drinks were
昀氀owing at the tables).
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thought their boss’ tripping the
boards had 昀椀nished but left their
duties to watch John with Arnold
Stellmaker and the team perform
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Reindeer. Both Grandma and
Grandpa missed their calling and
The long arm of the law got into the act.
really should have been on the
stage, not running a farm or a
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arrived and got into the act.
The ‘I can’t believe I won all
this’ raf昀氀e winner was Liz Bond.
This year the 30 lucky number
prize winners had the opportunity
to select their gift themselves
from under the Christmas tree.
The Senior Citizens’ Christmas
troupe received cheers, standing
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Citizens extravaganza.
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