We had a different than usual but fun Christmas. It was difficult to be away from family and friends over the holidays but God provided new friends to celebrate with. We are really enjoying the 3 week Christmas break from school and the mild temperatures. The temperatures have been about 20 to 30 degrees warmer than at home over the last few weeks. Most people here don't celebrate Christmas so we bought an artificial "New Year's tree". "New Year's trees" are hard to find and quite expensive. The tree I initally picked out was quickly discarded when we realized it was $1200. Another lovely tree was $2300. Our tree was not my first choice but it was only $65 (quite a bargain).
Turkeys are also rather rare and expensive. Our turkey was $80 but you only need a Christmas turkey once a year and he was really big, so I decided to buy it anyway. It was enough to feed all 24 at our house for supper with heaps of leftovers.
We had a different than usual but fun Christmas. It was difficult to be away from family and friends over the holidays but God provided new friends to celebrate with. We are really enjoying the 3 week Christmas break from school and the mild temperatures. The temperatures have been about 20 to 30 degrees warmer than at home over the last few weeks. Most people here don't celebrate Christmas so we bought an artificial "New Year's tree". "New Year's trees" are hard to find and quite expensive. The tree I initally picked out was quickly discarded when we realized it was $1200. Another lovely tree was $2300. Our tree was not my first choice but it was only $65 (quite a bargain).
