Christmas in July

My friend/boss, K, spearheaded an awesome Christmas in July extravaganza this month. Leading up to last Sunday's extravaganza, we had a series of movie nights with Christmas-themed offerings, we decorated the galley for the occasion....

...had a Christmas cookie-baking decorating night...

...and then, on Sunday, all gathered in the galley to watch "A Christmas Story" on the screens in there...

...leading up to a delicious dinner...

...followed by a White Elephant-style gift exchange that started out tame and turned out to be hilariously raucous. Such a fun time, and a great way to cap off the month. After this week we're really in the home stretch of the year down here--only three more months or 1/4 of the experience to go.