Merry Christmas to all. Bry'Chell and I will miss being with all of you--or whichever group of you we would have been with this year. While we don't miss the cold and snow, (OK, Bry'Chell just said she misses walking abound the house in thick socks, a big sweatshirt and jeans with a cup of hot chocolate--all without sweating), we do miss family and friends.
December is the warmest or one of the warmest months here. The weather is beautiful, as usual. Campus is quiet as most folks have left for home. Fr. Henry will be arriving this afternoon to take us to his family home for Christmas.
Christmas here is not nearly as commercial as in the United States. Bry'Chell noticed that there are no lights in people's houses. Of course, there is no electricity in most people's houses. People do give gifts, but mostly little things or homemade things and then only to family or maybe a close friend. I'm told a traditional gift to give your mother on Christmas--from a grown child returning home--would be a kilo of sugar, salt, tea and two bars of soap. This would insure that body and clothes would be clean and there would be something to drink with the Christmas meal.
Christmas is more about gathering with family and friends and having a festive meal. Fortunately, we will be sharing in that tradition.
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