December 24-25 St Anne Martinique

We spent Christmas in St Anne. During Christmas Eve day, we listened to Christmas music and did some cooking in preparation for the beach barbeque. On Christmas Eve, we attended an outdoor production of Messe De La Nativite Du Christ, in French, complete with uncooperative animals. Fireworks exploding right over our heads and the hay kept us on the edge of our seats, ready to run. After the show, the village church was having Christmas Mass but it was in French and also standing in the street room only. We returned to the boat for a roast, green bean casserole, French bread and a bottle of Bordeaux.
On Christmas Day, we joined S/V Alianna (Rosie and Sim), S/V Bold Endeavor (Roy, Dunne and guest Andrea) and S/V Opus (Jim, Linda and Jennifer) for a day on the Club Med beach. Rosie had a beach tent so that served as our serving table. It was quite the feast with ham, chicken drummies, chicken satay with peanut sauce, little smokies, ribs, shrimp, sausage rolls, pizza rolls, pasta salad, bean salad, and split pea soup. For dessert there were cashew chocolates, brownies and minced meat pastry tarts. No one went hungry and it was a great day at beach.

No room for a tree but Hakuna Matata got dressed up for the season.

Rosie and Sim, in addition to the wonderful pastries, brought along another English tradition, "poppers". Two people pull on them like a wishbone. They pop and the "winner" gets the crown and toy inside, along with a Riddle to read to the group.

Oh, and there it is again, that triple-sweet sugar scoop on a Morgan Classic...this time pulled up near us to facilitate close-up shots and conversation with the owner. Quick. I need a job and a fiberglass fabricator....