Enjoyable holiday meal served by HEB

52º with wind at 9:00 am here in La Feria, TX on Saturday morning.  "Cold front" came through Thursday evening and temp dropped from 87º to 59º in about an hour  Has not gotten out of the 50's since then.

 Yesterday we took Richard Pozzebon and Darlene Winslow and went to the HEB Feast of Sharing just north of downtown Harlingen.  Had a bit of a wait in the windy, chilly day, but was good meal and saw lots of people.  They serve these meals in many cities in Texas and Mexico

HEB (a huge grocery chain here in Texas) Feast of Sharing is the culmination of a year‑round commitment H‑E‑B makes to fighting hunger. In addition to a holiday meal you can enjoy music, arts and crafts, and kids activities. Our December dinners may even feature an appearance by Santa himself.

For the annual HEB celebrations, more than 250,000 meals are served during 33 dinners throughout Texas and Mexico. An average Feast of Sharing dinner serves:  • 3,000 pounds of sliced turkey • 2,500 pounds of cornbread dressing • 750 pumpkin pies • 380 gallons of mashed potatoes • 140 gallons of turkey gravy

NOVEMBER DINNERS

MIDLAND - 4 – 8 p.m. on Friday, 11/1 - Annual: 17th - Guests: 8,000

LAREDO - 4-8 p.m. on Friday, 11/1 - Annual: 31st - Guests: 12,000

SAN ANGELO - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Sunday, 11/3 - Annual: 23rd - Guests: 6,500

FORT WORTH - 3 – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 11/6 - Annual: 8th - Guests: 9,000

BROWNSVILLE - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 11/6 - Annual: 26th - Guests: 10,000

HARLINGEN - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Friday, 11/8 - Annual: 27th - Guests: 5,500

DALLAS - 3-7 p.m. on Friday, 11/8 - Annual: 13th - Guests: 12,000

MCALLEN - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Sunday, 11/10 - Annual: 29th - Guests: 9,500

PORT ISABEL - 5 – 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 11/13 - Annual: 11th - Guests: 1,500

EAGLE PASS - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, 11/16 - Annual: 23rd - Guests: 5,000

DEL RIO - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, 11/16 - Annual: 27th - Guests: 4,500

RAYMONDVILLE - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Thursday, 11/21 - Annual: 18th - Guests: 1,250

AUSTIN - 4 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/26 - Annual: 30th - Guests: 13,000

DECEMBER DINNERS

WACO - 4 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 12/3 - Annual: 30th - Guests: 7,000

TEMPLE - 4 – 8 p.m. on Thursday, 12/5 - Annual: 20th - Guests: 4,000

RIO GRANDE CITY - 5 – 8 p.m. on Thursday, 12/5 - Annual: 16th - Guests: 2,500

ODESSA - 4 – 8 p.m. on Friday, 12/6 - Annual: 17th - Guests: 5,000

BIG SPRING - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Sunday, 12/8 - Annual: 5th

VICTORIA - 4 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 12/10 - Annual: 29th - Guests: 5,000

ABILENE - 4 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 12/10 - Annual: 15th  Guests: 7,000

WESLACO - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, 12/14 - Annual: 17th - Guests: 4,000

KILLEEN - 4 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 12/17 - Annual: 12th - Guests: 5,100

SAN ANTONIO 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, 12/21 - Annual: 27th - Guests: 14,000

CORPUS CHRISTI - 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, 12/21 - Annual: 31st - Guests: 13,000

This is 24 cities, so 9 cities have the dinners in Mexico, though I cannot find list of them on the net.  They were listed on our placements, but I didn't think about writing them down or taking a photo.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The husband says to his wife, "You always carry my photo in your handbag to the office. Why?" She says, "When there is a problem, no matter how impossible, I look at your picture and the problem disappears."  He smirks and replies, "You see, how miraculous and powerful I am for you?" She calmly replies, "Yes, I see your picture and say to myself, 'What other problem can there be greater than this one?' 
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A father was trying to teach his young son the evils of alcohol.  He put one worm in a glass of water and another worm in a glass of whiskey. The worm in the water lived, while the one in the whiskey curled up and died.  "All right, son," asked the father, "what does that show you?"  "Well, Dad, it shows that if you drink alcohol, you will not have worms." 

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