SOME KINGMAN CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
The week leading up to Christmas Day Jeff has sung in the Government Office Block Choir for the past 11 years.  It reminds me of going to assemblies at school to watch your children perform when I go in to watch him sing.

It is such a joy when the grandchildren are able to come to Wollongong and watch Papa sing too.
The choir sings in the multistoried atrium and it always reminds me of singing in the shower as it echos through.  I love to see the singers encourage other office workers to come and join them as they walk by from one office to another.  They put out chairs for the parents and families of those who come to watch their family member sing.  There are more and more children of late.  I was so proud to have all but one of my grandchildren there to watch.  Maybe this year, 2013, Xander may be able to come too as Alicia will still be on maternity leave.,

 The children just had to climb the stairs and view Papa from the overhead walkways.  Cooper was very wary of standing too close to the glass parapet.  Here he is giving papa a wave.  The children enjoyed dancing to the familiar carols, and they even had percussion instruments for Jingle Bells.

After the carols are over Jeff and I always go and have a coffee .  This time it was at GiGi's in Corrimal street.

 Charlotte 'posing' in her beautiful Christmas outfit.

 Sienna gives Yvette a special Christmas present from Fliss before Yvette and Dave and Tassy head off back to Canberra.

 The rest of us came home for a swim and then the alert went out that Santa was doing his rounds when we heard the Fire siren.  Santa has been cruising the neighbourhood on Christmas Eve giving out lollies to the children the entire 11 years we have been in Balgownie.  We love it.

 Jaimeson was far more impressed with the Fire Engine than with Santa.

Santa was very young and quite skinny for a Santa, but we really appreciated his visit.