As I promised, here is a blog all about my Holiday Adventures. For Christmas the festivities start at 10pm on the 24th. The morning of the 24th was full of cooking up a feast for that night, hot chocolate and a Guatemalan desert (a holiday treat here, it’s a piece of sweet bread that is stuffed with a pudding like mixture then dipped in egg whites and fried then put in a melted sugar liquid.) Guatemala gave us a nice chilly day, prefect for Christmas it was in the low 70’s here. I have no idea what I would do with snow right now!! I got to help Melvin (the dorm mom at our high school dormitory) with all the cooking. We made a turkey and a special rice (I can’t remember the name of either dish) An old lady up the road from us made some special Christmas tamales! Yum!! Then that night Aneval’s (the dorm dad at the high school dorm) family came over for the Christmas feast. Aneval, Melvin and their daughter Hemena and Aneval’s parents, brother and sisters have all become like family to me I often refer to them as my Guatemala family. At around 10pm that night we had a big feast and more hot chocolate. At exactly 12am and I mean exactly (it’s probably the first thing that has ever happened to me "on time" since being here) every one shoots off fireworks; you name it, it was shoot off that night in Guatemala. There are no restrictions to fireworks and what you can and can’t have if you have the money and can buy it then you can shoot it off! It was one of the coolest displays I have seen! After that we opened a few presents then went to bed! On the 25th I had a wonderfull Skype chat with my family back home. It was an awesome Christmas adventure full of new traditions
New Year’s was a lot like Christmas. I helped Melvin prepare the fest for that night; yes another fest! We went to church that night they have a special New Year’s Eve Service. Then after church some of Melvin and Aneval’s family came over and we feasted on the delicious food! Then again at exactly 12 am on New Year’s Day the whole city was full of fireworks!
Will that was my Holiday season! I hope your holidays left you with as many new memories as mine did!
