American Legion Christmas

Kitchen volunteers Wilda Key, left, Greg Pryor, Lill Davis, Danny Johnson and John Driskill try to put the finishing touches on the food for more than 100 people and prepare 35 meals for home delivery to shut-ins or disabled people unable to attend the American Legion's annual Christmas dinner and toy giveaway held at American Legion's Leon Ogier Post No. 2 meeting hall on east Cherry Street in Nevada on Christmas Day. Photos by Rusty Murry/Daily Mail

Volunter Wilda Key stirs up some mashed potatoes before the annual Christmas dinner and toy giveaway begins at the American Legion's Leon Ogier Post No. 2 meeting hall on East Cherry Street in Nevada on Christmas Day.

The crowd lines up and stretches into the hallway as volunteers start serving a Christmas dinner of ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, stuffing, roll and pie to more than 100 guests.

A crowd begins to gather in the American Legion's Leon Ogier Post No. 2 meeting hall on east Cherry Street in Nevada for the annual Christmas toy giveaway and dinner held at the hall on Christmas Day.