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Christmas Meal, Pinewood Hotel, Handforth Monday 8 December
The Christmas meal was attended by forty-one of us, who sat around tables of eight (one had nine members) in the spacious room. We were very well looked after by the attentive staff and enjoyed the high-quality food presented.
In addition to the crackers, the Pinewood also had party poppers and red Santa hats for each person. All those sat on the writer’s table had chosen arancini to start with the exception of the writer who had decided on the tomato and basil soup. For the main course, turkey seemed popular with many diners, perhaps their first turkey meal of the festive season. Desserts included ice cream, a cheesecake, and of course the ubiquitous Christmas pudding.
Members were asked to write down suggestions for events in 2026 and these were collected up after the meal. John said a few words at the end of the lunch, and took out a couple of mini koalas from his red top hat!
Each of us received a Malteser box of white or milk chocolate truffles before we left, when we were greeted by torrential rain outside the Pinewood. However, it was fine in Macclesfield and obviously hadn’t rained there. Thank you to Anne Swindell for arranging the meal in the first place and for being able to organise its final preparations from her sick bed!

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