Im just waiting for the church service tonight, so I thought Id hop online and blog a bit. I just finished watching Harry Potter with my Bolivian family, which was pretty nice. At this moment in my house, a couple of children are crying for unknown reasons and somebody is pumping up pool toys for the vacation to the Yungas. Im not going. I decided to stay in La Paz and hang out with the Hursts and have a more traditional North American Christmas. Im excited. Faith is going to have me and Greg make some homemade eggnog and were having some other missionaries over for Christmas dinner. Theyre all people Im friends with, so it will be good.
Christmas here is pretty big. There is a lot of traffic and buying of things. Its similar to the United States. Over the years, Christmas has slowly been imported into Bolivia and now it is quite popular, but it doesnt have the strong family ties that it has in the United States. Friends can get together for Christmas and go see a movie, its not an exclusive family thing. A couple of houses have Christmas lights, but not many. Santa is dancing in the street selling counterfiet shoes, and all the stores are reeling out gingerbread cookies with hard, sour frosting. Its close, but not exactly the same. Hope all is well back home.
Merry Christmas,
Clay
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