Back inside the house, Chara set up her keyboard and played both Mexican and English music the entire night. We sang, we danced, we drank, and we laughed.
Lety had provided Christmas carol sheets, so all the familiar songs were sung, sometimes in both languages, as there was a nice mix of anglo and Mexican friends.
The coffee table was full of munchies....remember, we had just eated a big dinner....and there was lots of fruit and beverages.
And then just after midnight, Stan poured everyone a glass of sparkling cider with which we toasted Christmas and each other and sang a rousing version of Feliz Navidad. The meal laid out was amazing...turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, potatoe salad, broccoli and cauliflower with cheese sauce, french bread, turkey dressing - oh, and another big bowl of Daf's caesar salad! Then there was the dessert table, but my camera battery had packed it in by that time - dark chocolate cakes (from Ingrid and Maggie), a beautiful birthday cake for Ray, whose birthday it was, and lots of fresh pineapple and tangerines. Around 1:30 we finally rolled down the street, put Maggie and Ingrid in a cab for home, and walked home amid all the many neighbourhood festivites and fireworks. A wonderful night!
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