This year we had 45 guests for the annual Hoover Christmas Eve Celebration. I think they all had a pretty good time.

It didn’t take long for Mellow to head to the bedroom closet to ride out the Christmas storm.

A lot of people were out on the porch where we had a fire in the fireplace. It was too cold for me, so there aren’t any photos.

After a few hours of visiting and gift opening, some of the guests went down to the basement bar for something a little stronger than tea, coffee or wine.

We made sure all the drivers were legal. These were not the drivers.