Last night my church had our annual Christmas Banquet.

Normally, when one goes to my church, one could be wearing anything from a three-piece suit to jeans with holes in them and a teeshirt.

Last night, though, the entire group of people attending were wearing much more formal attire. I, for one, was wearing the bridesmaid dress from Caren's wedding and an antique shawl Heather gave me for Christmas two years ago. Very nice combination, and to add to that I actually wore make-up! (Something I don't do often.)

There was Christmas music and a little set of swing-dancing-worthy-songs to which most of the high school group and some other members of the congregation did indeed dance.

There were a number of funny comments thrown in.

And there was food and conversation. Lots of both.

A local place catered the banquet for us and our own members did the decorating, which turned out beautifully. I sat with a group of folks I don't really get to talk to all that often, at least not in a sitting down and talking kinda way.

All in all, a lovely night.

Very, very nice.