Possibly one of the most unique (I know that it is impossible for something to be more unique than something else) Christmases I will ever have! My German friend Theo and his host family was gracious enough to host it! (And for some stupid reason I didn't bring my camera, if I get pictures from someone else I will post them.)
We celebrated Christmas the European/Catholic way: on Christmas Eve night. In day prior to the festivities, Clara (Italian), Alida (Swiss), Jesus (American), and I went to "the fake market" to do our last last last minute Christmas shopping. "The fake market" is a wonderful indoor mall where you can find cheap and/or convincing knock-offs of anything and everything!
In the evening everyone brought/made food from their own country. When we sat down at the table everyone took turns telling about how Christmas is done in their own family/country.
After that we went downstairs to the basement with our hot cocoa, we talked and played truth or dare. 12am arrived and we opened our small gifts! I got a scarf and a laser pointer clock!
We didn't fall asleep until 5:30am, and then we awoke at 11am. A few of us rode bikes to the nearby Tesco to get some Nutella for breakfast crepes! Yum!
It wasn't a conventional Christmas but it was a jolly one!
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Happy new year Arthur, the weather here turned sunny, hit 81 in Torrance today, and tonight, only 50. Your pics are fab, got any of the inside of the house?
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