The Dairy Blog

In order to serve our customers with fresh milk and ice cream, we have several distribution centers.  We have Christmas parties at each facility this time of the year.  Some parties are small and some are large, especially at our plants in Athens, TN, Braselton, GA and Birmingham, AL.  Everyone plans their own party.  In most places, a lunch is provided and in other locations an evening meal is preferred. 

The party I attended Saturday was in Rainesville, AL.  The meal was served to the route sales folks as they finished their routes.  The food was prepared by the wife of one of our route sales guys.  Talk about good food!  It was like eating with “Mom.” 

Our management team tries to visit as many of these parties as we can.  In some cases, it is our yearly visit with some of these employees.  I really enjoy seeing them and wish I could make more of the parties, but it is impossible to make them all.  So far, I have been to five.  I will visit two parties today and three more before Christmas. 

We have two parties that really make Christmas for me.  The folks at our Morristown and Tri-Cities branches invite their families to their parties.  They also buy presents for all the children.  Each year Santa comes.  I think it is Santa.  If not, he is a helper.  He seems to know each child.  One at a time the children visit Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas and he gives them a small gift.  I get to be his helper and it is really fun.  The children’s ages range, as you would think, from so young they really don’t know who Santa is to old enough to make sure they don’t let their parents get a picture of them next to Santa.  Some children are in awe of Santa and can’t wait to sit on his knee.  A few want to talk to Santa, but from a distance and in the safety of their Mother’s arms. 

There is nothing like good food, families visiting and children excited about Christmas.

These two parties are early enough to get me in the Christmas spirit.  The Tri-Cities party was this past Sunday.  We had our Christmas Cantata at church that morning and then the party that afternoon was a great combination to get me into the Christmas spirit. 

I hope everyone finds a way to get into the Christmas spirit. 

Merry Christmas!

            Scottie