General News
9 December, 2021
Elves spread some holiday cheer
MORTLAKE College Year 6-9 ‘Christmas Elves’ took to the streets this week to spread some Christmas joy throughout the town.
MORTLAKE College Year 6-9 ‘Christmas Elves’ took to the streets this week to spread some Christmas joy throughout the town.
The Elves donned their favourite Christmas-themed clothes and headed out to deliver home made bags of yo-yos and sing carols for local businesses and residents on Monday.
Mortlake College assistant principal Anne De Manser said the students had been busy during recent cooking classes, baking around 400 packets of the yo-yos to give out.
“It was a really good day which continues to be a highlight on the calendar for the kids,” she said.
“Just to be able to get out and spread a bit of Christmas cheer is a lot of fun.
“Unfortunately there are not enough kids and too many houses to visit everyone, so we stuck to the houses surrounding Dunlop Street and some local businesses including Clarke’s Pies, The Roadhouse and the post office.
“We tried to get everywhere along the main street and entertain some of the travellers going through Market Square.”
Mrs De Manser said the program was so popular with students that some of the older students had reprised their roles as Elves to help celebrate the Christmas season.
“Unfortunately we couldn’t go to Aberlea due to COVID, which was a bit of a shame, but we dropped some cookies off for them,” she said.
The ‘Christmas Elves’ were happy to be back among the community after COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 had forced a unique approach to the school’s beloved tradition.
“We were able to do the ‘Christmas Elves’ last year but we had to take the bus and drop things off without contact, so it was more of a secret Santa due to restrictions then,” Mrs De Manser said.
“Everyone was very happy to be backout there.”