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We hope you have a wonderful festive season and we wish you all the best for the new year.

We look forward to seeing you all in 2019 at SOLIDWORKS World and DriveWorks World!

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Glen, Maria and Ruby

Glen

2018 is the year that I completed my 100th 5k parkrun. Im not getting any faster, but I do really enjoy running every Saturday morning. I especially enjoy running when its cold and wet.

I have already signed up for a series of 10k runs in the new year, culminating in a half marathon hill race in September.

I am particularly looking forward to DriveWorks World in Chicago in April and look forward to showing off our latest technology. Hopefully I will see you there.

Maria

December is always one of our busiest months and we’ve got lots of extra social activities planned too.

We’ve been challenged to escape from a “locked room”, we’re buying Secret Santa presents for each other, and we’ve got a company “away day” with festive food and an evening of music and dancing.

This year will be Ruby’s first Christmas – she’s already tried to drink the water from underneath the Christmas tree and Im not sure how long the baubles will survive.

Im secretly hoping for snow.

Ruby

I haven’t had a Christmas with my humans before so I’m really excited to see what all the fuss is about.

Earlier in the year we had some fluffy white snow falling from the sky. I loved running around in it, I hope we get some of that again for Christmas.

I’ve already had some fun playing with the Christmas tree and some of my team mates at DriveWorks have bought me some Christmas presents too, apparently I’ve been a good girl this year.

It was my birthday at the beginning of the month and I got some gifts then too!

I’ve had so much fun being part of the DriveWorks team and I can’t wait to have lots more fun and cuddles here in 2019!

Happy Christmas everyone!

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Jessica, Lauren and Mark

Jessica

I love Christmas and Im usually the person feeling festive in early October! I have a big family so Christmas time is usually pretty hectic and I have many nieces and a nephew which makes it all very exciting.

We always go to the pantomime on Christmas Eve, this year its Cinderella. The theatre has fake snow falling as you walk through the entrance, its magical and the children love it. Maybe we will be lucky enough to get some real snow this year!

I love the excitement of Christmas Day, we all open our stockings as soon as we wake up but have to wait until after breakfast to open the rest of our gifts. My mum makes us open our presents one by one, starting from youngest to oldest so she can see what we have all received, this means it takes ages to open our presents but its good to make them last!

We like to go for a walk before dinner, especially if there have been new bikes, doll prams or scooters that need to be tested out! Then we spend the rest of the day playing games, eating and drinking.

Lauren

My favourite things about Christmas are the endless amounts of food and drink that get consumed guilt-free and decorating the house.

This year weve managed to get Christmas in every single room of the house (including the bathroom and bunny room!).

I really enjoy buying presents for everyone and usually spend a little bit too much money.

We always make sure all the animals in our families get presents to open too, and those willing to dress up usually get a Christmas outfit.

A highlight from 2018 was a weekend away in Buxton with my closest friends which was full of laughs, food, drink, sightseeing and bike rides.

In 2019 were hoping to do the same but at a different location.

Mark

My favourite day of the year is Christmas Eve. I do a pub crawl with my friends wearing Christmas jumpers. I also love watching Harry Potter on Christmas day!

The holiday period is just a great time for eating, drinking and seeing friends and family.

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Millie and Tom

Millie

My favourite thing about Christmas is THE FOOD, the atmosphere it creates, the music and of course, spending time with my loved ones.

Last Christmas I visited Berlin with my boyfriend for the German markets and this year my family and I are heading to Ireland to visit my sister in Cork.

I will then be heading home to the Isle of Man to catch up with my friends and have our annual Christmas dinner together!

In 2018 I finished my placement at DriveWorks and returned to university for my final year. I also treated myself to lots of sunny holidays, my favourite being Croatia!

Im sure 2019 will be another exciting year as I will be graduating after four years at university!! Merry Christmas everyone ?

Tom

This year Im going to be spending Christmas Day at my sister’s new house in Manchester. Shes only been moved in for 3 months, so has been rushing around to get everything homely before the big red guy arrives on the 25th. Im happy about it because it means I dont have to drive 2 and a half hours back home to my mums!

My favourite thing about Christmas is Christmas dinner. Every year my sister gets everyone table presents for us to open at, you guessed it, the dinner table. Last year I got some LEGO, which entertained me for longer than I would like to admit!

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Kris, Lucy and Wesley

Kris

My favourite thing about Christmas is seeing my family and friends and watching people open the awesome (and often offensive) presents Ive bought them.

Over the Christmas period, Ill be partaking in a couple of friends Christmas parties and will be wrapping my presents with my 3 favourite Christmas films on in the background (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and Bad Santa, thanks for asking).

The highlight of the year so far has been taking up squash. I also enjoyed holidays and mini-breaks this year in the Lake District, Leeds and Menorca (or is it/was it Minorca?). I Googled it, I actually went to Mallorca. It was good.

Lucy

In my house Christmas is about spending time with family and friends while enjoying a few glasses of mulled wine by the fire.

On Christmas Eve the tradition is to watch a film (usually Elf or The Grinch) and then head to the pub. Christmas day is a very lazy day so our Christmas Dinner is always in the evening.

One of my highlights from 2018 was graduating from University with a first as well as starting a new job at DriveWorks, just in time for the Christmas party!

In 2019, Im really looking forward to starting new projects at DriveWorks and hopefully fitting in a holiday!

Wesley

My favourite part of the Christmas is the fooood!!! Especially tasty roast turkey with all the trimmings for Christmas dinner.

We have a family tradition of going to the pub just before lunch time for a few beers before coming home and sitting down as a family for the evening meal.

A highlight from this year was going on a track day with a voucher that I got for my birthday. I drove some fast, expensive cars around a racetrack with racing advice and tips from some race car drivers.

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Ian and Joel

Ian

My favourite thing about the festive season is spending time with my family.

I love the traditional turkey dinner on Christmas day.

Every Christmas we walk to the local pub for a dinner time drink with the family!

Joel

My favourite part of Christmas is getting the chance to meet up with all of my family and friends who Ive hardly seen over the past year.

Its also a great excuse to overindulge in all things unhealthy. For me, this mainly includes lots of cheese, chocolate and of course beer.

This year I am spending Christmas Day at home for the first time for quite a few years.

This means we will be cooking the Christmas dinner, I am currently awaiting my mum’s orders on what I shall be burning this year!

I am hoping this year Santa will bring me a new pair of headphones and some socks.

I am also very excited for NYE as me and my friends have a tradition of all getting together and having a big party at one of our houses.

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Rob, Simon and Thomas

Rob

Its my daughters first Christmas, so Im excited to spend time with my family.

I plan on drinking mulled wine, eating double Christmas dinner (Christmas day and again on boxing day) and eating lots of mince pies!

Simon

I love that people are just nicer and friendlier this time of the year, something I wish we could keep up all year around!

As for traditions, I love all of the typical activities, the lights, the food, the baked goods, and of course mulled wine. YUM.

2018 was the first full calendar year I’ve lived in America, so I can now say I’ve experienced all of the holidays.

It’s been a great year with plenty of new experiences. Now I just hope New England delivers some snow in time for Christmas eve!

My least favourite part of Christmas is running out of Christmas movies to watch on Netflix. C’mon, Netflix! Add some more!

Thomas

My favourite thing about Christmas is food! All the mince pies and cheese will be mine!

Ill be back to France to celebrate Christmas with my family and friends so thats exciting!

The highlight of 2018 was achieving my first half-marathon in 2 hours 10 minutes, which I was quite pleased with.

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Callum, Laura and Oliver

Callum

My favourite thing about Christmas is how my whole family comes together for the season.

One by one all my siblings have moved out to start careers/study so Christmas is a great time to catch up on everything thats happened over the year.

Im looking forward to Christmas this year more than ever as weve recently had a new addition to the family wholl be joining us.

Laura

My favourite part about Christmas is spending time with family and enjoying all the festive food.

My Mum always makes her traditional Strawberry Trifle and its amazing.

On Christmas Day, we have a nice relaxed day and end up going for a nice walk.

The highlight of 2018 was my holiday on board the Independence of the Seas.

We travelled around the Mediterranean Sea for two weeks and visited places such as Barcelona, Gibraltar and Nice.

Oliver

This year has been great!

What has made it so great? Well, Ive finished university and started back at DriveWorks!

Over the festive period, Im most looking forward to a friend returning home from Australia. I havent seen her in over a year!

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This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Mike, Ollie and Phil

Mike

This year I will be decorating my house for Christmas for the first time!

I’m going to be finding the most obnoxious flashing lights I can and covering my house in them! I can’t wait!

Ollie

This Year, my Christmas will be completely different.

Ive been with my partner Ffion (Shes Welsh; pronounced Fee-On) for 4 years and this is the first year we are spending the Christmas period together.

We will be at Ffis parents house, eating a turkey that was reared by her best friends dad (hes a farmer).

It is also our first year living together on our own.

My highlight of this past year was graduating from university and beginning my life as a fully grown adult.

The big bonus of this year was being offered a job at DriveWorks.

My Christmas will be filled with rum, cheese, meat and games!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and may the food and booze be plentiful!

Phil

Christmas for me is all about catching up with friends and family. Im lucky enough to still be best friends with all the people I went to school with and Christmas is generally the only time we are all back in Carlisle. We always arrange to go for a walk in the Lake District which usually ends in us getting drenched in the rain and this year we are planning a winter cycle ride.

Im mainly looking forward to New Year celebrations this year as my friends and I have hired a big house in the Lake District that sleeps 20 people. We will be having a party to welcome in 2019 and looking forward to the year ahead.

This year Im hoping Santa will replace my old TV with a shiny new one to watch the last season of Game of Thrones on.

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Carl, Howie and Lewis

Carl

My favourite part about the festive season is getting to see my extended family. We live all up and down the country and dont get time to see each other often, so Christmas is usually the time we get to spend together. That, and Christmas Dinner of course.

My personal tradition for Christmas is to drink a bottle of Baileys and watch The Muppets: Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve (Which is best Christmas Movie by far, I might add).

My highlight of 2018 was starting work at DriveWorks! I was a little unsure how I would find it before I started, but havent looked back since. Im looking forward to taking what Ive learnt back to university next year, but Im dreading leaving! It already feels like home!

Howie

My favourite part of Christmas is the selection of films to watch on the television! There are so many classics and I do my best to schedule a full day of non-stop films, not forgetting the food! I will be indulging myself in all treats, sweets festive goodies!

Christmas Eve will be spent at my local pub with friends where we catch up ahead of the busy few weeks to follow. I dont really have a Christmas tradition. For the past four years I have worked retail, usually consisting of long days from dark mornings to dark evenings. This year I look forward to being out of the shopping carnage and instead be comfy and cosy at home with friends and family.

Lewis

My family are pretty boring in terms of Christmas traditions other than getting together, playing games, being lazy, and eating a lot (we are especially good at the last two).

I enjoy the cold weather, especially when it snows. I also like eating around the table with family, opening Christmas crackers (where I inevitably employ dirty tactics to win), and watching films together.

I hope to get money from Santa this year so I can build a new computer, but an orange and a handful of nuts will suffice.

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Ben, Jake and Mandy

Ben

My favourite thing about the festive season is being allowed to over-indulge in festive treats and a few good beers.

2018 has flown by for me and has been a very busy and exciting! In April I turned 30 and in June I bought and moved into my first house with my wife Hannah. We spent the first few months decorating it and soon after welcomed the arrival of our first child, Eliza.

After getting married last year, Hannah and I decided that it was about time we spent the whole of Christmas day together instead of going to our respective parents. We flipped a coin to decide which side of the family we would visit so this year it will be the first year I get to eat Christmas Dinner with her parents. Luckily both sides of the family live within walking distance so we’ll still get to see everyone in the evening.

In 2019, I’m looking forward to finishing off some of the remaining DIY around the house and spending time with Hannah and Eliza. A bit of peace and quiet would be nice, but I think that will probably have to wait until 2036!

Jake

This Christmas Im hoping to get some electronics for my home plant automation and monitoring system Im currently building. And books!

My highlight of 2018 was running my first Half marathon at Tatton Park, Cheshire! (Just under 2 hours yay!). Im very nervous but also excited to run my first full marathon in April 2019.

Mandy

I love Christmas and Im really looking forward to my son James coming home from Bristol. Ill have him all to myself for a whole 9 days yay!!! I wonder if he feels the same?

My Christmas gift from my husband this year is a very exciting new waterproof, I know this is not entirely an exciting gift for me but it is very practical for an outdoor girl with 2 dogs visiting wet Wales regularly. Im not sure my husband knows he has bought me this but Im sure hell work it out when he studies his bank statement ?

Merry Christmas everyone ?

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Matt and Sarah

Matt

My favourite thing about the festive season is Christmas songs. Every year, with my family, we would get to a certain point in November/December and my dad would get out the Christmas albums and start playing them in the house. That was always the sign that Christmas had begun. There a few songs that really get me into the Christmas spirit and remind me of home and family.

My favourite tradition about Christmas is waking up, going down stairs and opening presents in front of the Christmas tree with family and seeing the happy expressions on everyones face.

I also love a Christmas dinner. Pigs in blankets are the best thing about a Christmas dinner, they are amazing. ?

Sarah and I had a really exciting 2018. In June, we got married in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside and had the best day of our lives with all our family and friends.

Sarah

This year our usual family traditions are going out the window, as Matt and I will be spending Christmas in our own home for the first time, instead of at our parents’ houses.

We’ll be cooking our first Christmas dinner together, which of course will include Yorkshire puddings.

I’m really looking forward to a relaxing day, eating lots and watching films.

2018 has been my favourite year so far, the highlight of which was getting married to Matt in June. We had a perfect day surrounded by wonderful people.

2019, you have a lot to live up to!

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Colin, Mike and Olivia

Colin

I love December as I get to have a little more time with friends and family! Though being in a warm bed and watching snow fall is pretty great too.

Oooh and a good book! And hot chocolate! And cinnamon candles!

As much as this time of year rocks, next year is looking really exciting for DriveWorks and its users – cant wait!

Mike

Christmas is very much family time. We have a few traditions built up as my family have grown, such as deciding where the Christmas tree should go, white lights or coloured. We are all creative and make some new decorations.

Eating mince pies with varying strengths of cream ? whilst watching anything from televised Christmas pantomime re-runs, The Muppets Christmas Carol and Reindeers trekking across Lapland, but we always watch Tom and Jerrys The Night Before Christmas. A classic.

Hopefully its snowing whilst we watch and listen to Traditional Carol singers and take a moment to reflect upon the true meaning of Christmas.

Happy times, opening presents, Christmas dinner, family gatherings, peace and goodwill to all men (and women), then the footy is back on Boxing Day!

Olivia

My favourite part about Christmas is Christmas Eve. I love wrapping presents and putting them under the Christmas tree. After wrapping all the presents my family and I all walk down to the pub for some drinks with friends.

this year I am most looking forward to spoiling my baby niece and hopefully my new baby nephew if he makes an appearance in time.

My highlight of 2018 was travelling with friends and of course starting my placement at DriveWorks!

This year our Christmas tree is decorated with the faces of our team members.
Each day we will be taking a look at who’s on the tree and finding out more about how they spend the holidays.

Meet Ian, Jane and Heather

Ian

For me, Christmas means escaping to the Austrian Alps to go skiing with my family and friends. It is what we have done pretty much every year since I was 6 months old! There are 16 of us going this year and I am looking forward to catching up with everyone.

I am hoping to receive some cycling bags from Santa this year to make my commute much more comfortable.

2018 was my first full year working at DriveWorks and it has been great! I was recently told I am going to DriveWorks World 2019 in Chicago which I am really excited about ?

Jane

My favourite part of the festive season is the food! I love cooking and December is the time to throw away the healthy recipes. I love snow and hope we get some for Christmas this year. The highlight of my 2018 was dinner at the Shard in London with my husband Marc for our anniversary.

Heather

One of my many favourite parts of the holiday season is decorating our house and putting up the Christmas tree.

Over the years, we have collected a family ornament every Christmas and its fun to put them up and reflect on that year when it was purchased.

The year 2018 was full of lots of running both in the US and the UK when I went to visit.

In the Fall, I ran my very best half marathon which has now inspired me to register and train to run my very first full marathon in May 2019.

My hope for this Christmas is that Santa brings my husband I a tropical vacation – he turns 50 in January so it would be nice to have a warm place to jet off to celebrate!