Surprise Christmas Party

 Saturday afternoon, two of my staff called my aside and wanted to talk to me.  I never know what to expect.  I usually expect the worst possible thing.  This time, they told me they wanted to do a surprise Christmas party for the kids and were asking my permission.  Of course, I said yes. 

They planned everything down to the last detail and provided soda, cake, chips and candy bags.  They paid for all of this.  None of them make a huge amount of money.  I was very touched.  And, they managed to keep it a surprise.  Kathy came to work at noon, carrying a cake.  Everything was orchestrated this morning so that she could hide it without anyone seeing it. 

At 6:00, when the party was suppose to start, I went to Miran's house.  Mirian was busy tying and hanging balloons and Dilma was making candy bags.  After everything was just so, the Christmas music was started.  I have to laugh when I hear "I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas" in Honduras.  With the music playing loudly, Kathy led the kids into the house. 

 First, the girls sang a song.  The girls get to clapping and dancing.  They are fun to watch.  Then, the boys sang a song.  The boys sang "The Little Drummer Boy."  They were far more serious than the girls.  It was obvious both groups had rehearsed these songs.

 Josue does not know he is not as big as everyone else.

The furniture was cleared and the living room became a dance floor.

One of my kids had to read "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever."  That same year, it was being produced in community theater and I bought tickets and we went.  It was a story of the six worse kids in the world.  They were all brothers and sisters and they ended up in the community Christmas pageant.  Tonight, I think I saw the best Christmas pageant ever and it was not performed by the worst kids in the world. 

Fernando was the donkey and Daniela rode him.  For a pretty long ways.  I was laughing so hard.  Josue was Baby Jesus.  I am not sure which was funnier, the donkey or Baby Jesus.  Josue did not want to stay there and kept getting up.  Fernando (the donkey) kept pushing him back down and telling him to stay there.  The three wise men came bearing gifts of big blocks, little blocks and baseballs.

The kids were so excited that they were allowed to listen to music while they ate.  After they ate and had cake, they were settling down to watch a movie.  They were given candy bags and told no one could eat the candy until tomorrow.  I am glad I am not on duty tonight.

I was proud of the kids when most of them remembered to tell everyone thank you. 

This was a really fun evening.  I love my employees.

Terri