Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! This Christmas, although Santa apparently doesn´t visit South America, he leaves it to the three wisemen who come on Jan 6th, I was still blessed with so many gifts.
1. Family- in a number of ways. I was reminded of my family at home that loves me, Craig and Krista (my brother in law ans sister) who live in Asunción this year, and my new Paraguayan family that has adopted me as their own. A couple weeks ago, I moved in with Eli, Enka, Marcela (my host sister who is pregant) and Nester (who is Marcela´s husband). They´re really sweet and I feel like I´ve learned more about the Paraguayan culture in the past few weeks, than I have in the past few months.
2. The second gift- celebration! Something I´m also finding is that Paraguayans really know how to celebrate! There´s no such thing as a quaint silent night- Christmas is a celebration! Complete with firecrackers, dancing, you name it!
I´ll be honestly, Christmas didn´t really seem like Christmas in the 100 degree weather and fire works. We had a nice dinner, and stayed up til midnight to wish everyone and their dog a merry christmas on their cell phone. My Christmas was a lot different that what I´m used to, but it was still a good experience and that I think that it will make me realize and appreciate our North American Christmas traditions even more.
Have a good New Year...
To all of you back home or where ever you are in the world- I hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a very Happy New Year!
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Yeh, I know. I love candles...but, who wants to light a candle in 100 degree weather:) Furthermore, a single, slender candle would bend over on its own in the 100 degree weather!! No chance of even lighting it!! Precious memories!!
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