A total of 75 guests joined us at Picnic Pointe on a beautiful sunny afternoon for our annual Christmas Gathering. With 26 additional guests over last year’s attendance, we were glad that we didn’t run out of Christmas ham! We are expecting an even larger group next year, so we’ll definitely prepare for that. As always, the side dishes and desserts were superb and plentiful.
Our good friends and former Windjammers, Liz Welsh and Lisa Cates, played Christmas music for us. What a treat! My favorite song was “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” and they performed that song fabulously; I could not stop singing it.
Windjammer’s Christmas Gathering took place on a beautiful day!
Sad News for Windjammer
Sadly, there wasn’t a visit from Santa this year. The festive atmosphere was dampened by the very shocking news that our good friend and long-term Windjammer resident, Larry Wagner, had passed away just days prior to this event. He will be missed by all his friends in The Landings, and our hearts go out to Jackie, his wife of 63 years, and his sons Jimmy and Ronnie.
Reindeer Ray Returns
Reindeer Ray came back through Windjammer Village this December. He lives with Jan Roberts and they travel through our village from early December until Christmas Day. Each day Ray stops to see a new neighbor and surprises us with his music. He has a lovely voice that was heard at 24 different homes. I hope you met him this year or that you see him next December. He is just delightful. Thank you, Jan for sharing him with us.
Jan Roberts (right) enjoyed having her daughter Jill Monahan, her significant other Dan Cepullio, and Isabella, age 3, visit from Pittsburgh.
Friendsgiving Report
Following up on the report of the Windjammer Friendsgiving, we have received a “Thank You” letter from the Gladiolus Food Pantry. They are very grateful to our village for the food and money we’ve donated several times now. We are planning to hold another food drive in March at our last Windjammer party of the season. That is always a great time to make donations since many residents are getting ready to migrate back up North and want to clear out their pantries.
The Gladiolus Food Pantry appreciated the generosity of Windjammer residents.
