By Kevin

It may be a white Christmas in Wheaton but in Nassau, the only white powder is found on the beaches.

That doesn’t dampen the Christmas spirit here. We had a wonderful time Christmas shopping with the locals at the Mall at Marathon, including taking pictures of the giant decorated tree and Santa.

We also managed to do a bit of window shopping at the Atlantis resort, just a short walk from where our boat is docked. But, the prices there are a bit chichi for us–and we weren’t really in the market for a Rolex or a pair of Jimmy Choo.

For Christmas Eve, we invited a fellow cruiser to dinner on our boat. Charley is a solo skipper aboard a Freedom 32 called SV Sparrow. The boat we keep on Lake Michigan is also a Freedom 32, so when we saw Sparrow sitting at the dock back in Bimini, we had to go met the captain and compare notes. Since meeting Charley way back then, we keep running into him.

Finally, no Nassau Christmas would be complete without Mrs. Snyder Christmas cookies. Thank you, Jackie!