Wednesday, December 1, 2010

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!

With black Friday limited to buying beef jerky or white cotton socks at the PX, we decided to take a different approach to the day after Thanksgiving. We had a holiday decorating party instead!

We had two Christmas trees, stockings, and a handful of other decorations to beautify the office and even created our own fireplace...do you think St. Nicholas will find us in the desert? We set out Walker's butter cookies (thanks mom!) baked fresh bread, and had plenty of hot chocolate. Food...check. Decorations...check. Guests...hmm. I was worried for awhile because we only had one volunteer who was participating. But luckily for us, we had around five service members attend to partake in our holiday fun. We were small in number, but it was still enjoyable!

Wright, one of our Red Cross regulars.
Decorating the tree!

Neelum, fireside!

Toasting to good times in Balad!

A wonderfully creative airman who handmade the angel for our tree!

Building the fireplace!

1 comment:

  1. Katheryn! I saw your earlier blog post was posted on www.redcrosschat.org - how cool is that??

    It's great to see all the pictures. Really glad you're doing well and are gearing up for the Christmas season!

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