Members of the Santa Barbara 4 Wheel Drive Club enjoyed our 2025 Christmas social gathering.on Sunday eventing Dec.14th.
Hosted this year by Oliver and Nicole, over 50 members of our club feasted on holiday ham, tri-tip and everyone’s best potluck dishes and desserts. Many members contributed in a variety of ways from providing and delivering additional tables and chairs to helping in set-up, food display and post event clean up.
One of our members ( Matt) is also a member of a country band. They call themselves “Gas Station Sushi”.
The 5 member group provided some awesome entertainment for a couple of hours playing a variety of tunes. They were incredible- seriously!!
With everyone feeling full of holiday food and sweet treats we jumped into our “white-elephant” gift exchange.
An hour or so later those who participated in the annual tradition were rewarded with a variety of cool, sometimes “one of a kind” gifts.
Coincidentally, it was also Oliver’s son Lucas’ 12 th birthday as well. The club broke out a rousing version of “Happy Birthday to You” and gave Lucas a nice mini RC helicopter as a birthday present
All in all it was a fabulous evening and a great way to close out our year.
Thanks again to the Allens for opening up their home and hosting our annual Christmas party. They did such a wonderful job providing a warm inviting atmosphere.
Our club made big advances in 2025 and we are grateful for all our incredible members and are happy we were able to support our biggest holiday gathering so far.