| Choreography: | © Sharon Green, Christmas 2014/Revised 2015 |
| Tune: | A Child's Christmas in Berkeley, © Rebecca King, 2014 |
| Recording: | More Dances from the Greenery |
| Formation: | Duple minor longways |
| A1 | 1-8 | Ones chase figure 8 down through the Twos, M1 in the lead [M1 dances down the middle and up the outside around M2, then crosses diagonally down around W2 and up the outside to cross back home while W1 balances back and then crosses diagonally down into a whole figure 8] |
| A2 | 1-8 | Twos chase figure 8 up through the Ones, M2 in the lead [M2 dances up the middle and down the outside around M1, then crosses diagonally up around W1 and down the outside to cross back home while W2 balances back and then crosses diagonally up into a whole figure 8] flowing into |
| B1 | 1-4 | All four, circle left |
| 5-8 | Circle right back flowing into | |
| B2 | 1-4 | Partners, ½ poussette counter-clockwise, W1 moving forward |
| 5-8 | Partners, set and turn single right | |
| Note: In B1, the circle left does not have to go all the way around. Just make sure that at the end of the circle right, all four dancers are back at home, ready for the ½ poussette to progress. This version is intended as an exuberant, joyful romp, much in the spirit of Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales." Please consider slipping rings, strong setting steps forward, connected poussettes that cover ground. For a more sedate variant, I suggest the following ending: | ||
| B1 | 1-4 | All four, circle left single file |
| 5-8 | L-hand star back flowing into | |
| B2 | 1-4 | Partners, ½ poussette counter-clockwise, W1 moving forward |
| 5-8 | Partners, R-shoulder gypsy |