Normally our Christmas dinner is held at the Maryknoll office. It's just about the right size for the 45 or so people that we have eating with us on Christmas evening.

 Although all the people who come are somehow connected to Maryknoll Cambodia, some of us often don't see each other except at Christmas and maybe one other celebration during the year. And it's an especially good time to meet spouses and children of our partners.

Another group sitting in the screened area in the front of the house.

Sami Scott (rear) and Susan Sporl took on the job of carving a large turkey that was the main dish. Because many Asian people are not familiar with turkey, we also served ham--along with a variety of salads and many different delicious desserts.  One of the challenges of cooking in Cambodia is finding a house with an oven for baking a turkey. Cambodian homes would ordinarily not have ovens because the local population doesn't bake anything.

Finally it was time to serve the food. There was plenty for all, enough, in fact, that people were invited to take doggy bags home to eat later in the week.

One of the tables of our guests. There were about five or six tables full.

All of these people were eating inside but the screened area outside also served as a dining room.