The Night Before Christmas

Our Canadian friends from Manitoba, Canada, with whom we toured the International Peace Park last year, are our next door neighbors here in Palm Shadows RV Park. They had a Christmas Eve afternoon party on their patio and invited a number of Winter Texans from the Park to each bring an appetiser dish.

About 40 people attended. The temperature was in the 60's on the patio so everyone wore jackets or sweatshirts . . . but that sure beats 8 degrees and 6 inches of snow back home in Kansas.
















There was quite a spread of food. Everything you could think of: meatballs, shrimp, crab, cheeses, dips, spreads and nuts . . . and, of course, lots of breads, crackers and chips.


Everyone was in a festive mood and all had more than enough to eat and plenty to drink. It was a nice holiday get together, but I left early to go to the Christmas Eve Church Service at the Park Clubhouse. Following the Church Service, I returned to "The Bus" where Carole and I spent the rest of Christmas Eve "at home" listening to Christmas carols.

Hope Santa finds us here in Texas.