Alison wrote the following piece about Christmas at the Dish, and I thought it should be shared more widely!

Eighteen friends joined us in the Park last evening for our Christmas gathering.
Janet had organised a fabulous Christmas meal of Soup, Turkey, Cranberry sauce, Ham & mustard, roast vegetables, peas, individual Puddings and custard or Mango ice cream – a great thrill for many! – tea, coffee and cordial.

A real treat was the presence of some of the choir from Mt Colah Uniting Church. These folk came with Wendy Robinson, who has been coming to The Dish with the purpose of research for University work. After mains, carol singing took place. It was a happy time for all. Keyboard and percussion were there as well! There were even requests: “Amazing Grace”. After “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” Santa, in different forms came: Bags prepared by Abbotsleigh, Kathy Tobin’s Year 9 class; Bags of goodies put together by Turramurra H.S. prefect group, contents of which were supplied by Prouille’s staff/parents; Christmas cakes and shortbread made by Wesley Cooks; Presents given by North Sydney Inner Wheel were distributed.

All the time the presents were being distributed the keyboard gently played.
It was a moving experience, especially when one of our friends said “My family are in W.A. – this is like my family – this is my Christmas”!

So many people contributed to this heart warming occasion.

Thank you all so much.