Christmas Is Coming

We have been in festive Christmas mode during the past week. First, the sailing Club's Christmas party, which was beautifully set up and accommodated 70+ members! The food was delicious with the meats coming from a local restaurant and the appetizers, side dishes, and desserts made by the members.

Dave and I made our popular penguin appetizers, to everyone's delight. 

The Children's Christmas play "Annie" was fantastic! The kids had rehearsed every day for 10 weeks before the program that ran for 3 nights. The main character was very talented and quite the singer, but all the kids were great little actors.

The Christmas Village here in Hope Town was a huge hit, with the ballfield transformed into a winter wonderland. Delicious food and drink, singers to entertain, crafts and goodies for sale, ice skating complete with snow (and lots of it!), and games for the kids and kids at heart.

Yum, Funnel cake, a rare treat in the Bahamas!

This year's newest and most favorite booth was the Piggyville Races (Piggyville is a popular spot in the northern Abacos where people go to a deserted island and feed and water the pigs). Dave and our friend Ron made the race course. It was hilarious with these little battery operated stuffed pigs slowly 'oinking' their way down the track toward the feeding trough. Dave even won a race, which was rather ironic.

There was also a drone photo taken on the beach for Christmas cards that were sold at the Village. All proceeds from the whole Village event benefit the Community Center.

Tonight was the last big night of celebration with caroling through town and out to the final night of the Christmas Village where Santa arrived to end the event. Tomorrow, everything has to quickly come down and get stored...before a huge cold front arrives on Thursday with winds in the 40+ mph range! Then it is back to projects, especially getting Sunrise ready to race in the Boxing Day race, held the day after Christmas. It is hard to believe how fast the time is going.

Thank you Catherine for being my photographer!