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Beavers Visit Santa in Larch Hill |
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Written by Lorraine Byrne
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012
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33 Beavers headed off to Larch Hill in December…. There was great excitement in the hall before heading off in the bus to Dublin. After a long Journey & a few songs later we arrived at Larch Hill….. we almost didn’t make it up the winding hill to HQ but thankfully Bob came to the rescue & we arrived safe & sound!
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After meeting our allocated elf for the day we had some lunch & magic tricks from the elves!!! We then set off to Santa’s workshop with the elves… but the first few folks that we met were Jack Frost & his buddy!!! He tried to fool us that there was going to be no Christmas this year – but they weren’t going to fool the Carrickmacross Beavers!!!! When he realized how smart the Carrick Beavers were he gave up & took us through the secret passage to Santa’s workshop where the elves were working on all sorts of different tasks which the Beavers then made too!!
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There was Face painting…. Lots of snowflakes, Reindeers, Christmas Trees & even a Spider man! There were home made snowglobes… so pretty & sparkly all taken home to Carrick, the gingerbread men…. Don’t think too many of these made it home!! Lots of chocolate fountains & the task of finding the candy canes among the hedge!
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After a while in the workshop we all headed to Santa’s cottage to visit the main man – SANTA!
It was a short walk up the field & then through the secret path down to the cottage & there he was waiting for us! Santa invited all the beavers into the cottage to sit beside him. He asked the Beavers if they enjoyed the workshop & if the elves were doing a good job… the Beavers let Santa know about Jack Frost trying to cancel Christmas… so Santa put Jack & his buddy on the naughty list. Santa told us he knew Carrickmacross well & had some friends there…
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Santa had gifts for all the Beavers & in return the Beavers gave Santa a gift of a sleeping bag to be passed on to the homeless people who had no place to stay this Christmas. The Beavers thanked Santa for their presents & promised to be great boys & girls til Christmas when he’d be visiting their houses in Monaghan. We sang some songs & took some pictures with Santa & then said good bye.
We headed back to HQ & finished our lunch before all the very tired Beavers headed back to the bus for the journey home.
A great day was had by all & everyone was in the Christmas Spirit heading back to Carrickmacross that evening!
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