Merry Merry Christmas!

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Merry Merry Christmas!

Maria Giles • December 6, 2012

Merry Christmas

Less than 3 weeks to Christmas and 4 weeks to 2013!

For kids waiting for Santa the time can't go quick enough for everyone else it may go too quick.

Christmas is a great time to catch up with family and friends, stay home and relax or go away for a well deserved holiday. This year I am staying home after going to Melbourne for Christmas last year and then tackling the Boxing Day sales.

It is also a time of religion, decorating, parties, shopping, gifts, drinking/eating too much and backyard cricket!

As part of GMG's Christmas celebrations we have a staff Kris Kringle each year. This involves everyone picking an envelope with a persons name inside and (anonymously) purchasing this person a gift to put under our Christmas tree. On our last working day for the year we have a lunch together and the gifts are given out and opened. We are then continuing our celebrations at our Christmas party.

I have passed on my wish list and hopefully there will be lots of presents under the tree – especially since I have spoilt a particular someone!!

For anyone that is working over the holiday period, especially the farmers, hopefully you can have at least Christmas day off to relax and enjoy the day.

GMG will be closing on Friday 21 ^st of December and reopening on Wednesday 2 ^nd January.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year.

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