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Christmas
Our first Christmas tree Yea, that’s right. The DH and I have been married for nine years. Together we’ve celebrated Christmases in Costa Rica, Spain, Canada and China. But we’ve never had our own tree. Sure, we’ve had Christmas candles, decorated dead houseplants and random Christmas stuff here and there (I’m especially fond of my [...]
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Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas! Os deseo una feliz navidad!
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And It’s Gonna Be a White Christmas! My brother, sister and I A Christmas morning long ago Castle Rock, Colorado It’s a sunny day in Denver after a night of snow. We’ve got a busy day ahead – there are sugar cookies to be decorated, a trip to see the Nutcracker ballet, kids service at [...]
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Wordless Wednesday #29 Yup, it’s that time of the year again – time to put up the Christmas tree! Our non-traditional Christmas Tree Candle… So the DH and I are pretty low-key when it comes to decorating for the holidays. Did you happen to see my horrendous attempt at a tree last year? Since I [...]
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Abandoned and dejected? Looks like the Grinch forgot one of the Who’s trees… in the first floor stairwell of my apartment building in Linyi, China.
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Stephansplatz, Vienna December 2008 I love this photo because it reminds me of what a wonderful place Vienna can be in December. With the Christmas tree beside St. Stephan’s and all the people hurrying here and there, it feels me with holiday cheer. Honestly, though, what I love the most is the fact that I just barely [...]
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Scrooge’s Tree? You’re familiar with the great holiday debate – should the Christmas tree be real or artificial? How about dead? I thought I could “liven” up this dead tree in our living room with a few ornaments. I think all I have done is created the scariest, most pathetic tree in the history of [...]
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We had our Christmas dinner at the Muslim Meat Place. Above you see DH with his leg of lamb. I’d like to think we had a multi-cultural celebration, since Eid Al-Adha is also taking place at this time, and we did choose to eat in a Muslim restaurant. Eid Al-Adha is the Islamic festival of [...]
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Christmas is a low-key holiday for the DH and I, it always has been. We tend to observe both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day quietly without much fanfare. DH is from Spain and in Spain, Christmas Eve is the time for celebrating. Christmas Eve in Spain is spent over a big dinner, usually made up [...]
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