{"id":59706,"date":"2020-12-14T18:41:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=59706"},"modified":"2020-12-14T18:41:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:41:35","slug":"home-for-the-holidays-was-a-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=59706","title":{"rendered":"Home for the Holidays was a hit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-59707\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/holiday-party-hero-small-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday party logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" \/>Thank you to all the Hawk Owl elves who helped make NMC\u2019s very first virtual holiday party a big success, including Mark Liebling, Emily Crull, Kyle Morrison, Joy Goodchild (who organized the cookie exchange), trivia master Cathy Brown, MC Lindsey Dickinson and Jim Bensley, AKA Santa Claus. Congratulations to the Aviation Division for winning the Ugly Sweater contest, and to Nick Nissley for his good humor. And thank you to all who took part in any or all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/departments\/human-resources\/holiday-party\/\">Home for the Holidays events<\/a>, including the December 11 virtual celebration.<\/p>\n<h3>Holiday Cookie Exchange Winners<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/departments\/human-resources\/holiday-party\/images\/Pink-Grapefruit-Shortbread.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>Our 2020 virtual cookie exchange was a hit, with 14 entries! It was impossible to select just one winner this year, so two were chosen: Les Eckert&#8217;s Pink Grapefruit Shortbread (right) and Brittany Hanbury&#8217;s Double Chocolate Mocha Cookies. Cora Wagner also won the Best Helper Award for her assistance with Cathy Warner&#8217;s Russian Tea Cakes.<\/p>\n<p>As promised, we have posted the recipes that were submitted so that you can make one (or all!) of them at home. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/departments\/human-resources\/holiday-party\/cookie-contest-entries.html\">See all of the entries and download your favorite recipes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Ugly Sweater Contest Winner<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/departments\/human-resources\/holiday-party\/images\/Aviation-ugly-sweater-submission.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"213\" \/>Congratulations to the Aviation Department, winners of the 2020 Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest! The winning entry was determined by an audience-wide poll at the NMC Holiday Party on Friday, Dec. 11.<\/p>\n<p>Other outstanding entries included the The Business Office, NMC Foundation, Public Relations, and Hans Van Sumeren. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/departments\/human-resources\/holiday-party\/ugly-sweater-entries.html\">See all of the entries here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to all the Hawk Owl elves who helped make NMC\u2019s very first virtual holiday party a big success, including Mark Liebling, Emily Crull, Kyle Morrison, Joy Goodchild (who organized the cookie exchange), trivia master Cathy Brown, MC Lindsey Dickinson and Jim Bensley, AKA Santa Claus. 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