Caroling, Caroling!

Well our first caroling party was a success. We had a capacity crowd of 20 carolers. After a little caroling “helper”, we headed out to the streets with Dick, playing Rudolph, leading us on his scooter. Dick turns heads wherever he goes in this Mayan area because of his height. Six foot eight with an imposing voice to match! We got warmed up at the house around the corner. Either no one was home or the occupants didn’t want to encourage us by coming outside. After that we were pros – singing at the top of our lungs and bringing tears to the eyes of almost all audiences. And not necessarily tears of joy! We even had a few folks join us. One was a 10 year old neighbor to Dick and Gwen. Serjito was a tremendous addition since we, to tell the truth, were just a little challenged by Jose Feliciano’s song – Feliz Navidad. Perhaps not enough “helper”? Some guys in their early 20’s stopped us as we walked by and asked if we would sing them a song. They even took pictures of us on their cell phone. We can imagine what they said about us in their text messages to their friends, or maybe the policia. We got back to our house feeling happy that there had been no tomatoes lobbed at us and content to then consume vast quantities of Michoacan ice cream (coconut, pistachio, chocolate, cookies and cream and vanilla) with some very creative toppings.
So bring Christmas on! We may not have the stockings hung by the chimney with care (the ceiling fans will have to suffice) and we sure will miss being with grandkids wide eyed on Christmas day but this is a pretty good place to experience Peace on Earth.
Joy to the World!