Cupcakes Pop Corn and Karaoke!

  
     We have taken holiday feasts to a new level!
      It began, innocently enough, with Thanksgiving.
Then came Christmas holiday parties. Then
Christmas itself. Then New Year's Eve and Day
celebrations!
      Ordinarily that would have ended things. I
mean, who has a feast for the Martin Luther King
Holiday?
      Well the answer is...We do! And by "we" I
mean the extended members of the DeCosmo
family!
       Realizing that the Thanksgiving through
Christmas holiday season was just too hectic for
a family get together my niece and her husband
decided that the Sunday before the MLK holiday
might  be the perfect time to get family members
together. Most have a day off from work today
and, usually, the kids have a day off from school.
(That part didn't work quite as planned this year
because of a Teacher's strike and class days lost
to bad weather.)
        We all brought a dish or two to fill the table
which our hosts had pretty much filled up without
our help. And, of course, we all filled up ourselves!
         The eating and conversation were augmented
by some rather interesting activities.
          Most everyone joined in the Karaoke at one
time or another. I even got roped into one line, I
couldn't handle much more since I don't believe
I've ever heard any of the songs offered on the
menu!
         Then there was the "Popcorn experiment!"
         Someone read someplace that popcorn
placed on a table and surrounded by cell phones
would actually pop when those phones were
activated!
         So it was that 8 cell phones were placed
into service. Four around a few kernels of pop
corn, and 4 making the call to the 4 on the table.
         And to think, some people play cards at
parties!
         Perhaps I should point out that while most
of the soup, beef, chicken, Deviled eggs, brownies,
and cupcakes were devoured....there was no pop
corn to be found! Wrong number?
         Hope you're singing along and that all your
NEWS is good!