Christmas Ball is the best ball at St Andrews

The votes have been cast and the results are in.

We can now announce that according to our readers, Christmas Ball is the best ball in St Andrews with nearly a quarter of the vote.

The poll results are as follows:

1. Christmas Ball (24% of the vote)
2. May Ball (23% of the vote)
3. Welly Ball (17% of the vote)
4. DRA Ball (16% of the vote)
5. Xavier Ball (12% of the vote)
6. Opening Ball and Masquerade Ball (4% each of the vote)

Did Christmas Ball come top because it was the most recent in people’s memories? Or was it perhaps because Christmas Ball really does live up to its hype? This year was certainly spectacular and maybe it was worth the £100 some people paid for it.

Organised by Mermaids, the theme this year was well carried out with golden snitches on tables, floating candles and letters, butterbeer and other themed drinks.

Second year Natasha said: “The decorations are always gorgeous.” Plus it’s the final ball of the semester so people can really cut loose.

Perhaps Opening Ball perhaps only appeals to freshers and it’s interesting that those balls held on Lower College Lawn were joint sixth, with Xavier in fifth being held this year at Crail Airfield and the rest all held at Kinkell Byre.

Whatever the reasons, it is still important to remember that what is enjoyed by some might be another’s idea of a nightmare. Often it is down to the situation we are in at a ball, for example, a friend got drunk too early and had to be taken home.

What is most important is to go with a group of people you know you can have fun with, no matter what.

The bigger and more popular balls are often good as they have high expectations to live up to, but small balls can prove to be diamonds in the rough.

Images courtesy of Lightbox Creative.