Christmas came early for the Wairarapa Care Network on Tuesday morning.
The Network hosted a mid-winter Christmas dinner for 50 of its clients at St Matthew's Church Hall - complete with Santa hats, staff members in costumes, balloon animals and live music.
The clients were served shrimp cocktail, followed by lamb and pork roast, and pavlova for dessert.
Later, both clients and staff danced to music provided by the Jnz Band.
Network manager Elaine Leggott said good times were had by all.