Christmas in July!

Last week we were told that us camp counselors had to attend a mandatory mid-summer meeting, or so we were told. It turns out that when we got to the meeting place, our directors had planned a big party for us called “Christmas in July”. The room was complete with Christmas lights, decorations and even a tree with presents under it! After eating a HUGE meal that was donated to us, we chatted briefly with some of the people running the centers and then we played a game.

The game was “Christmas Song Remix” where each group was given a Christmas song to “remix”. My group got Jingle Bells and this is what we came up with:

(Sung to the tune of Jingle Bells- obviously)

“Running down the halls,

Stop come back and walk.

Positive redirection,

Let’s sit down and talk.

Throwing snack on the ground,

that means you’re all done.

It’s not what we expected,

but we’re having fun! Hey!

Jingle Bells, our uniform smells,

But we’re here anyway.

A kid threw up and lost his shoe,

and another got away- HEY!

Jingle bells, our uniform smells,

But we’re here anyway.

Oh what fun it is to run

on the playground everyday!”

Not so bad for only having five minutes! After performing our songs to the rest of the group, the directors judged us “American Idol Style”. Our group took a close second to “Aaron the Camp A Counselor” sung to “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”.

Our Apartment 

After we were finished singing our hearts out, we found out that the packages under the tree were from us! When we were told earlier this summer to provide “emergency contact information” it turns out they used it to contact our parents to send us gifts! I got a present from my mom & dad and from my sister & BJ! It was such a nice surprise and getting stuff from home definitely put a smile on my face, so thank you!! J Amy and I were also surprised to see that we were the only ones who got gifts from our center! It was so nice of them to think of us and make it such a special night!

This was such a perfect ending to a tough and tiring week of camp, so thank you to all of our directors! This was such a fun idea and definitely boosted our group’s morale!