My goal is to get caught up on our picture posting and blogging by the end of this week. But in the meantime, we want to wish a very Merry Christmas to all our friends and family!
We have had a lot of fun decorating this year, blending Filipino traditions in with our own. The photo above is of an ornament I bought at a bazaar. It's made from an old coke can. I bought a few others made from different soda cans, but they didn't photograph as well.
Below a shot of our parol, which is the traditional decoration for Christmas here in the Philippines, as well as my "Willy Wonka" flowers (which also light up!).
And then we move inside where we have our traditionally American decorations. Of course, we have our Christmas tree:
And a nativity set (carved here in the Philippines)
The stockings hung with care:
With some adorable embroidered felt ornaments hanging between:
Last night, we were sure to leave out some milk and cookies for Santa:
(The milk was in the carton in case he wanted to save time and drink it in the sleigh on his way to the next house.)
And K spent a few minutes making a thank you card before heading to bed.
There will be more photos of Christmas Eve and Day on my Facebook account probably tomorrow. The girls have grown a bunch, so be sure to check them out!
Once again, Merry Christmas to everyone. We miss you all!
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