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The HKA Tech Team gathered to celebrate 2020, notwithstanding its challenges – and set a challenge for each team member. Since 2020 had forced us all to create our individual new and exciting work spaces, we thought we would have a little “office” decorating contest, Each person had to decorate their “home office” and take a video of it (no more than one minute in length) to present at the get-together. Three award categories were agreed:
- Best overall
- Second Place
- Best use of Santa, Elf on the shelf, or Gino
The results were:
First place – Travis
Travis artfully created the home (Lair) of the Grinch on Mount Crumpit as well as Whoville. These locations will be well-known to readers of Dr Seuss and/or followers of The Grinch. Whoville itself is located within a floating speck of dust which was then placed onto a clover flower by Horton the Elephant. The residents of Whoville have been described as “whimsical, animal-like creatures” (Wikipedia) and Travis’ vision of these residents was as follows:
Second place – Ken
Ken’s space was the subject of a short video that has since been removed from YouTube (by the author). Those who saw the video will understand why – some baby photos should just stay in the album in the trunk (at the bottom of the sea….).
Nevertheless, with the video living in everyone’s memory, it snagged the number 2 spot.
Best use of Santa, Elf on the shelf, or Gino - Rick
Rick decided to combine some of these elements and also took a brave position on Santa’s “Naughty and Nice” lists for Christmas, scattering his creations through a warm home environment
Runners-up
The three awards were a hard call, determined in the end by popular vote. There were many creative “home office” environments that took some people quite a bit more than the “maximum one minute” to show us all. With winners in each of the three categories, all remaining entries were declared an equal draw
