A very, very festive time.

Photos: Dancing queens (and Adam), The boss pouring the vodka, So organised, Tucker time.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone!!!!

It has been a wee while since we have had the opportunity to sit down and actually blog, because it has been quite a festive last week or so. Like most occasions here like waking up, finishing work or just being alive Christmas was celebrated with 100% commitment by all involved.
Christmas eve turned to be quite a night Eva had a floor shift until about 22:00 and Adam was working until the cocktail bar closed at 1:30ish, somehow in those 3 hours poor Eva had one too many pre Christmas drinks, ooops. She ended up asleep a little earlier than she had planned. Adam ended up heading to a party just up the road for a few with a couple of other staff members, what a night, everyone danced and partied until dawn. Then off to bed, remembering we all had a Christmas lunch planned for the next day at 14:30.
The hotel was closed for Xmas day so we all had the place to ourselves. One by one staff started filtering in for lunch, everyone was delegated certain tasks for the day ie. Cooking, serving, cleaning up, DJing etc. Kuba our nominated chef did not arrive till about 16:00, luckily Kris had put the turkey on earlier in the morning, no one seemed to mind though as we had plenty of beverages to pass the time. It wasn't until about 17:00 that we all sat down to eat our meal, a fairly loose dinner party really. First course was a medley of prawn and crayfish tails in Marie-Rose sauce, our main was the most fantastic turkey dinner we have ever tasted, and then onto dessert a Baileys cream cheese cake. Not a bad meal really considering the state we were all in from the night before. After the meal Kris cracked open the vodka shots all round.
We then moved on up to Kenny's house for a continuation of the night before, the party went well into the night and into the early hours of the morning. Lets just say everyone was feeling a little sorry for themselves on boxing day at work, as some of had had little or no sleep. The week between Xmas and New Years (Hogmanay) was really, really busy as most people take the whole week off. Knock off drinks on the 30th turned into another massive night, we had some fantastic live music on in the pub and then once again up to Kenny's house for another all night party. Roll on New years eve. Eva knocked off work at 23ish and started getting festive with the rest of the staff, unfortunately Adam had to work, his rostered shift was from 14:30 until he wasn't needed, he was hoping around 23:00, but oh no, it was a massive night and he didn't clock off until 4:00. Everyone here had a fantastic night with free drinks all round and plenty O champagne.
The next day Adam started at noon he had a shift in the Public bar. "Big D" let us give all the regulars their first drinks for free what a good day. Adam then moved into the Cocktail bar which was opened only to hotel guests where we had a couple of live bands on, not a bad evening. Eva worked from 17:00 on the floor serving canapes and food for all our guests. One of the best things about New Years day was that we were getting paid penalty rates (double time).
The last couple of days have been recovery days for everyone, although it has still been quite busy at work. Hope you all had a fantastic time as well.