By tradition, we host our staff Christmas party in January, We found that the holiday season was so busy that propel just could not make it to the party so about ten years ago we moved it to January. Of course that was until COVID. Last year, we finally held it in July. This year we tried for January but if you will remember, it rained most of January which made an outdoor party a little messy. That meant our fall back was February which turned out to be in the middle of the Omicron outbreak in Houston. So, once more we moved it…March became the time for the holiday party.
Unfortunately, by moving the party, some of the staff had other plans that interfered and prevented them from attending. However, for the staff members that were able to come, we had a fabulous time! A potluck of sorts, we smoked 40 pounds of chicken and had a variety of appetizers and side dishes. We had the inaugural fire in the fire pit that Joe Henry built and had s’mores with dark chocolate disks and homemade graham cracker cookies and marshmallows provided by the El Presidente Intercontinental Hotel in Cozumel (thanks Carla)!
Our Holiday party features a blind gift game. It is so fun seeing what others brought and what becomes the popular item to steal (Coad’s Fourth Element changing mat is always the first thing to be stolen and then there were some really nice liquor kits that were passed around).
Remember, if you want to come to this party, you have to be on staff! We have another Dive Guide class starting in May so you have time before the next party.
