....that is, ¨Christmas has fallen!¨
As fate would have it, the first time Hannah has tried to update her blog (many appolgies for the time laps, by the by!) her pictures would not upload. But here it is, a photo-less update, but update nonetheless.
As some may have guessed, I have found myself rather busy these past few weeks. We had another all-MCC-Mexcio meeting at the end of November here in Cuernavaca. It was fun to see fellow SALTers and others; to talk really fast, use words and expressions that don´t really make sense and still have people understand you, and to
laugh, usually at things that really weren´t that funny. I´ve found I have a new appreciation for the complexity of languages and communication....
That was all a sidenote, really, as today we shall explore the beauty of celebrating holidays (specifically,
la Navidad -- Christmas) in Mexico. Here´s just a baby example of how things are done when it comes time to celebrate holidays: we trick-or-treated for three nights at the end of October.
Needless to say, I´m looking foward to the beauty that is Christmas much more that I appreciated the extended Holloween celebrations. We have been hard at work at school preparing gifts for our families, learning several Christmas songs, and memorizing lines for the Nativity skit which will be performed next Tuesday in our street (for any of you who´d like to attend, admission is free, but seats will go fast).
Saturday I was accompanied to the market by my two little sisters, Maritza (11) and Blanca (8). We had a grand time wandering amoung the tinsel and flashing lights and searching for Doña Juana´s missing 3rd wiseman figurine. All of Sunday afternoon and evening was spent adorning our arbolito (little tree) and teaching me Spanish Christmas carols. We celebrated the completion of our newly-decorated home with a few sparklers that evening, drawing the attention and ¨help¨ of our closest neighbor kids.
Christmas is here --
y por eso, celebramos! :)
Love and Peace,
Hannah
