Tonight our church had a Christmas dinner for all of the people who work in the children's classes. We got in vans and rode to three different houses. At the first house we had appetizers; at the second, our main course; and at the third, dessert.

I had no idea what the menu would be so I was a little apprehensive about what I would find to eat. Before we left home I had some walnuts and prunes. That would at least take the edge off my hunger.

Almost everything at the appetizer house was made of wheat. The table was beautiful and there must have been 20 - 25 separate items. I had carrot sticks, pineapple, and four almonds.

Things were much better at the main course house. There were generous amounts of four kinds of meat: ham, turkey, roast beef and shrimp. I chose turkey and roast beef. There were two kinds of potatoes, baskets of rolls, green beans and cranberry sauce. I took green beans and cranberry sauce. I suspect that not all of the seasonings were good for Type Os, but away from home I don't worry about the minor ingredients as long as I'm beneficial or neutral on the main ingredients.

The dessert house was a pleasant surprise. Among all of the gorgeous pastries that were total avoids; was a big pumpkin pie. It was a nice ending to a good meal.

We enjoyed seeing the decorations at the homes of our three hosts. Even better was the quick stop we made between the main course and dessert to sing Christmas carols on the front lawn of a nursery teacher who recently had surgery.

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In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. Luke 2:1-3