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Stories of Uniport's 2017 Children's Christmas Party

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So my nephew and niece attended a Christmas party today, organized by UPWA, the women association of the institution. It's crucial that I make this point early enough - this post is in no way trying to discredit the organizers, but to express my disappointment over the dearth of creativity in the organization of this event that's an annual ritual in Uniport. In our time, I won't say it was the best cause the organization was poor, it was always overcrowded, and it was open to all and sundry. This year and for some years now, they've realized this problem and have attempted to restrict attendance. Some funny things happened this year according to reports. First, there was no bouncy castle. Who does that? How can you organize a kiddies party in this day and age without a bouncy castle? I also hear the games were 'interesting' . Yes, chair-dance never gets old, so it was one of the games but the participants were Father Christmas, Mother Christmas, Tiger and C...