Sandra's First Christmas With Dementia – 25/12/2023

 On Christmas Day, I woke up feeling both excited and apprehensive wondering how this day would pan out. There were 7 guests coming for lunch plus my 2 children and myself 10 in all. Both my son and daughter said they would do the prep for me which left me to concentrate on the cooking. The meal turned out great and everyone was full after all three courses. Once the meal was over and everything was cleared away, washed up and all was tidy again, I put out drinks, mixer’s, snacks, chocolates and sweet’s. I had devised a Quiz the week before for us all to play in pairs. I wasn’t sure if I could do an all written quiz, so I decided to do a Pictorial Quiz instead. It was based on Films only, I chose ones for all the age groups of my guests. They were eager to play so I gave each pair the question sheets, I set a time limit which they all agreed too and the quiz started. I watched with amusement at the different expressions on the faces of some of them, some frowns , light bulb moment’s etc.. when the time was up I began to give the answers for each question. This part was hilarious! There was so mush laughter some rolling about on the floor, or holding their bellies. Then all of a sudden money was put on the table for betting on which pair would win. Gosh it was so funny! When it was finished I collected all the question sheets and started to check their answers and score each pair. The winning pair was so excited to go home with money in their pockets they had not expected. I was so happy to see such fun and hear so much laughter and realising that I had contributed to making everyone so happy on Christmas Day. Even though I have Dementia it doesn’t mean that I am stupid! I finally went to bed on a high and feeling proud of myself, even though I was knackered! These are some examples of the Quiz

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