So in the past year I have been chairman of a local Charity (and will continue be so until April) and we just ran a Santa Float campaign across Chester and the wider areas. Going into this event I was worried I would let people down or I would simply run the event at a loss. Especially against last year when I believe we hit lightning in a bottle of getting people outdoors simply because we were one of the few events not effected by Lockdown.
So between 15 of us we've managed to put in 600+ hours, covered 50 miles on foot, covered 8 suburbs of Chester, delivered 19 Christmas trees from Santa, take part in the Chester Parade, donated a wheelchair to a lady in need, visited multiple schools, got Santa to speak to a dying lady in isolation, visited a homeless families charity and handed out gifts, got a Westminster branded complaint letter from my local MP, got pelted with potatoes, received countless messages of thanks and we raised at least £5K of which every penny will be donated back into the local community.
Funniest moment was clearly when a lady quickly opened her blinds for her new born baby to wave at Santa. Lovely touching stuff, however our driver nearly crashed his car laughing when he happened to notice the gentleman's appendage on the TV in the background.
Top Tip - Don't open your curtains when watching Naked Attraction!
Being able to call this event a success when I've struggled with physical and mental health this year, worked crazy hours to make this event happen, renovated a house in tandem and lost a grandparent in October, is crazy but it's happened. I may have cried a little. Relief definitely, but happy tears for sure!
Now to enjoy my own Christmas and not hear Last Christmas for the next 12 months!
