Maasmechelen Only smiling faces tonight at Patro Eisden. Reason? The long-awaited christmas dinner for more than 100 Maasmechelse the elderly. And Patro Eisden-chairman Salar Azimi? Who played the role of host, waiter, sous-chef and animator.

“We can hardly believe it, see us here”, says Pierre Peeters (81). The man is staying for three years in the Maasmeander, but the christmas dinner on the Patro Eisden is for him now for the highlight of the past few years. “Very punishment that he just does, for us. We have here really looking forward to it. For me, the christmas season already a success.”