{"id":40014,"date":"2013-07-29T01:05:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T15:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=40014"},"modified":"2020-12-14T14:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T04:46:01","slug":"christmas-comes-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/07\/29\/christmas-comes-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Comes Early"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40024\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40024\" title=\"20130727 Christmas In July\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas11.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas11-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three principals &#8230; Matthew Vine (St Patrick&#8217;s, Nanango), Michael Nayler (St Mary&#8217;s, Kingaroy) and Greg Cran (St Joseph&#8217;s, Murgon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40016\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40016\" title=\"20130727 Christmas In July\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa&#8217;s helper, Jenny Rix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 28, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Christmas in July&#8221; was a good excuse for staff members from the three Catholic schools in the South Burnett to come together on Saturday night to enjoy some festive cheer.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second year that St Mary\u2019s Catholic College in Kingaroy has hosted a Christmas In July dinner for staff members in the school&#8217;s Maryknoll Centre.<\/p>\n<p>But this year as well as local staff members, teachers from St Joseph&#8217;s Murgon and St Patrick&#8217;s Nanango also joined in, as well as representatives from Catholic Education in Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>The staff members enjoyed a pig-on-the-spit cooked on site as well as all the Christmas trimmings and live entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The darkened school hall was adorned with Christmas lights and decorations, all carefully erected by teacher Mark Richard and a team of helpers.<\/p>\n<p>The evening is designed to be a bonding and morale building event for the staff.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40017\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40017\" title=\"20130727 Christmas In July\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas7.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas7-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Richard,\u00a0Stewart Parfett and\u00a0Larry Byrne, from St Mary&#8217;s\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_40020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40020\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40020\" title=\"20130727 Christmas In July\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martin Perrett and John Dalton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_40021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40021\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40021\" title=\"20130727 Christmas In July\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Dalton, Mickey Nayler and Mary Childs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_40018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40018\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40018\" title=\"20130727 Christmas In July\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas3.jpg 290w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas3-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Cran, Amber Szulikowska and Eileen Coghill, from St Joseph&#8217;s Murgon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_40019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40019\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40019\" title=\"20130727 Christmas In July\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas4.jpg 290w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130728xmas4-150x150.jpg 150w, 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