Disco Christmas − 25 December, 2005
I love my cousin Teresa, she’s cool, speaks her mind, is a Jill of all trades (I can only imagine what her resume looks like), and loves beer. We don’t see each other that often, not sure if it’s because of the distance, lifestyles, or what. But I wish I saw her more.
This last Christmas she had, on Christmas Day, a Disco Party at her house. She had a disco ball hanging in the middle of her living room, black lights, fluorescent posters, love beads, etc. We all dressed up and she served food that was en vogue in the 70’s – fondue, meatloaf, and cocktail weenies.
We had to take a “white elephant” gift for the gift exchange and that almost incited a riot. The point of the gift giving was that the gift could exchange hands 3 times, then it was off the market. There was a bottle of tequila that I think Uncle Carlos got first. Then either dad or Kel and Steph took it. Finally, Micaela wound up with it after some negotiations with her grandpa. I’m not sure who went home with it (somehow Steph and Kelly?), but I’m sure Uncle Carlos got to taste it.
We played another game (and I hope Kelly fills in the blanks on this one), but it required an enormous amount of imagination and skilled vocabulary. Kelly won! He stood and read the list of words he had come up with that had to do with Christmas, were made out of the word Christmas, or Christmas words that started with each letter in the alphabet…I don’t remember. He aroused some boo’s out of people, had to defend himself on a few, and for a moment there, I thought we were going to see a public stoning based on some he’d come up with. Kelly was a good sport about the whole thing, despite the public humiliation.
And we danced! Nothing but 70’s tunes, records, no less. Roberta Flack, Bee Gee’s, Gloria Gaynor, etc. We taught Micaela how to do the lawn mower, the sprinkler, and the hustle.
Disco Christmas will be remembered and talked about for years to come.
Comments:
wade1j (July 27, 2006. 08:34pm)
I wish I were there, maybe this year...
Sabbo (August 2, 2006. 06:19am)
Oh man! I wish we had a record of Kelly's answers to that game. Maybe he'll remember some. Too funny.
Sabbo (August 2, 2006. 06:20am)
Oh, and yes, we have the tequila. Dad gave it to us, Kelly gave it to Scotty and Sara as a going away present but then gave it back - musical tequila. It is damn good tequila.