Daytona Christmas

For everyone at Daytona Christmas is the busiest time for us becasue everyone else is having their Christmas parties. So we celebrate in the New Year.
Our Christmas party was held on the 5th, a couple of days ago. It was going to be held at the Milton Keynes site, but something happened so we ended up having it at Manchester. We were all looking forward to going somewhere else, but things happen.
All the staff raced and we added everyone's points together to determine which venue was the best. Turns out it is the Sandown Park venue, but Manchester kicked butt in the Pitstop challenge, so it wasn't all bad. The actual race was one by one of the Manchester marshalls so that waspretty good. There are a lot of funny stories and incidents that have come out of the day but there isn't much point in me telling you because you pretty much had to be there.
After the racing we all went back to the hotel to get ready to go out for dinner. We went to a place called Opus which is in the centre of town. It was a Christmas party so we did get crackers. There was Banrock Station wine on the table which I thought was fantastic, I got to continue my Banrock theme which was great.
To eat I had salmon to start, then lemon chicken and finished with apple and pear crumble. The food was amazing and I keep thinking about the salmon.
Once the feasting had finished we moved into a private room for dancing and singing. Thats right, there was karaoke. I managed to get up and sing Down Under. I had to rub it in about the cricket, though not so many cricket fans at Daytona. It was a great evening with lots of dancing and drinking. Everyone was pretty well behaved and there were no fights or embarrasing moments.
We got back to the hotel about 3 in the morning, some continued to party while the rest of us went to bed. Unfortunately for some of the Manchester staff, we had to work the next day, bummer.
Overall it was a great Christmas do. I look forward to the next one.