Escape Clause

Last night was the gallery‘s annual Chrimbo party. So it was time to do Santa duty again. We couldn’t find the costume so this year all I had was a hat, a beard and a red ‘cape’ made from a single sheet of crepe paper. Minimal Santa. As opposed to last year when I had the full suit but managed to come off as a somewhat grumpy Santa. The venue was the Polish Club which was a lovely wee place with reasonable priced Polish beer and old fashioned decor. The music was playing, the refreshments were flowing and it seems a good time was had by all. The highlight of the evening was the raffle which I had the dubious honour of overseeing. (With the help of Trish who was dressed as a sexy elf). Charlie Hammond, Transmissions in-house charity shop enthusiast had sourced the prizes and I was on the mic calling the numbers. It started well and then attention spans began to max-out but Minimal Santa carried on regardless. We got there in the end and a lucky few found themselves in possession of a variety of semi-useless items. The revelling horde then vacated the premises and descended on a local nightclub where the drinking and merrymaking was enthusiastically continued. All in all a very enjoyable evening. And Jamie seems to be having a good time despite the inevitable rigours of jet lag.