Group Christmas Dinner

Tonight is a very special night. It's very special; but, it will also be a little bit sad.

Tonight is our annual "Group Christmas dinner." Every year my friends and I have a traditional Christmas dinner complete with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin muffins and so many pies that I'm sure we gain weight just by looking at them! In October, we usually do a Christmas name draw and buy a Christmas present for the lucky recipient we have chosen. Promptly after dinner and before pie consumption, we exchange gifts. Getting dinner on the table, eating and opening presents provides a lot of laughs and memories that we will joke about until the next annual Christmas dinner.

It is a great night. It is a fun night. There is a light heartedness. There is an excitement. There are laughs. There are shared memories. The year is reminisced. We share our "high" and "low" from the year. Like I said, it's special.

And guess what, folks????! At last year's group Christmas dinner something caught on fire and guess who had nothing to do with it??? That would be me! That's right, a dish towel caught on fire and I had absolutely nothing to do with it! I'm so happy I remembered that! See, everybody pulls Missyisms!

Anyway, the dinner will be a little bit sad tonight because in numbers, we have shrunk. There will be people who are missing. So, tonight, I want Michelle, Joe, Paula, Jason and Adrian to know the will be sorely missed, they will be talked about in reminiscing (all good, of course) and again, sorely, sorely missed.

Here's to the next time we can all be together!