The annual ABCYA Christmas party is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 at Hanoverville Roadhouse on Hanoverville Road in Hanover Township. (Try saying that five times fast.) The restaurant is just north of Bethlehem and Route 22.

The dinner menu offers a wide range of interesting choices. If you prefer a more modest alternative, a bar menu is also available. RSVP to me at tom@abcya.org by Friday, Dec. 4

Please join us during this special season. We gather to celebrate the joy of Christmas and the culmination of a wonderful year of spiritual camaraderie and friendship. While we're at it, we'll lift the Lehigh Valley out of recession. (OK, that last part was a joke.)

P.S: For those unfamilar with Latin, the headline translates: "We have an ABCYA Christmas party!" It's a spin off "Habemus Papam!" or "We have a Pope!" You can quit scratching your head now. :)