An Early Christmas

For some reason I'm not aware of, the RV Park here in Tucson decided to hold their Christmas Dinner well before Christmas, on Thursday, December 15th. It was a potluck dinner with ham and scalloped potatoes prepared by the Park and then all of the residents who attended brought a side dish, salad, or dessert. The dinner was held in the clubhouse with about 60 residents in attendance.

Carole prepared a fresh spinach salad with mandarin oranges, blueberries, and walnuts all drenched in cranberry vinaigrette salad dressing. I prepared a fluffy cherry cheesecake. As is usually the case at such events, there was way too much food, but it was all very good.

Following dinner, a drawing was conducted . . . with a twist . . .  for Christmas presents which had been wrapped and brought by each of the residents. When a resident's number was drawn, they could pick a wrapped gift from under the tree, or they could claim a gift from another resident which had been opened previously . . .  causing the resident who had his gift taken by someone else to have to pick another gift . . . or he could in turn claim a gift opened by someone else. This got very interesting, and humorous, a number of times.

All in all, it was a very enjoyable evening . . . and it gave Carole and I an opportunity to meet many of our new neighbors.