12 Days Of Christmas 2013

Julie Pitson 

Support Manager 

Access Point are always looking for fun ways to bring it’s departments together to form one big team, so in 2010 we started our first ’12 days of Christmas’ festivities.

Our tradition started with an advent calendar with staff members names behind the doors, Father Christmas and his helper would open the calendar door and invite the named members of staff to ‘fumble in his fun box’ for a small gift.  We have also held a competition to win hampers, last year Caron, Chris & Surinder won them.  

Surinder says...

“It came just at the right time, it was a fabulous prize with great 

quality items and I was really chuffed”.

Our very own Dom started the dress-up tradition by dressing up as an elf along with Father Christmas –Photographs would be taken and I would create a Christmas scene image,each year this would get more elaborate with people posing in some strange positions – to look like they are riding in a sleigh or kissing a snowman! 

The outfits also got more risqué with most of the men opting to dress up in the ‘Sexy Miss Santa’ outfit – this year we have lots of new dressing up outfits, we were even thinking of adding a reindeer mankini outfit.....so you will have to wait and see what we bought lol!

For this year’s plans, we have opted to follow tradition and I will be producing an advent calendar, organising dress up, fumble in the fun box/rummage in the sack, the ’12 days of Christmas’ games, and we will also be holding the competition to win a hamper again – your Managers will fill you in on the criteria for winning one.

I'll not go into detail about what the 12 days of Christmas games will be but they are all fun with links to the lyrics of the song.... 

1	Partridge in a peartree
2	Turtle doves
3	Calling birds
4	French hens
5	Gold rings
6	Geese-a-laying
7	Swans-a-swimming
8	Maids-a-milking
9	Ladies dancing
10	Lords-a-leaping
11	Pipers pipers
12	Drummers drumming

There will be lots of laughs and plenty of opportunities for incentive stamps to be earned.

The Liverpool team will be taking it in turns to come to Southport for a day and the whole company will gather in the Southport office on Christmas Eve, to swap Secret Santa gifts and no doubt have a drink or two! .....and don’t forget the chip butties!

New for 2013 – Dress up your desk day!

I’m looking forward to seeing all of your desks decorated on Monday 9^th December ready for the photos to be taken.  

Please check out the intranet page early next week to view the images and vote for your favourite desk – the winner will win 5 Access Point stamps!