Christmas
Christmas. A time for celebrating the birth of Christ. Time for family, friends, food, laughter, gifts. This year, time to figure out a new way to celebrate without our family. We knew this was going to be difficult. On one hand, we didn't have to exhaust ourselves traveling to everyone's houses to celebrate (which we love when we spend devoted time with all our family). But, on the other hand Christmas was going to be lonely and quiet. As our blog goes, time to REINVENT our Christmas. God has blessed us with some great friendships since he have been here. There were four other American families who were not traveling for Christmas either. The Wall family decided they would host a Christmas meal for all of us. It was a delicious pitch-in with all the best of Christmas foods. Yeast rolls, turkey, ham, homemade chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, green beans, fruit salad, salad....the list goes on. But, the best part was the time we spent with people who are our family here. It felt just like a Christmas back in the states. We had pictures by the Christmas tree, fed the children (who ate quickly so they could go play with their new toys), had a nice dinner with the adults, and a dirty Santa gift exchange. So much fun! What a great way to REINVENT our Christmas here in Belgium.
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