Christmas time is here,
happiness and cheer.
fun for all that children call
their favorite time of year.

after listening to my one Christmas cd about 4000 times, i broke down and bought "a charlie brown Christmas." it's wonderful. i know Christmas is technically over, but it doesn't really feel like i got my fair share of the holiday since we only got the 1 day off and had to work the rest of the week. so elizabeth and i are extending Christmas into this coming week which is our winter vacation! besides making and decorating sugar cookies, i'm not sure what that will entail -but i do know that my Christmas decorations are staying out.

here are a few pictures of what Christmas looked like here in korea.


"ho ho ho, merry Christmas!" here i am demonstrating the santa beards our kids got to make at the Christmas party.


andy tries to convince santa that he really has been a good boy all year. (except for that one time he tried to flush his sister's barbie doll's head down the toilet...)


jenny and jessy wait for their turn with santa.


near michael's apartment, we found some wild lands to explore. it was great fun. we walked back carrying 2 huge branches which michael wanted to use in his decorating. we got a funny look from the apartment attendant as we struggled to get them into the elevator. =)


we went to an italian place for Christmas dinner. elizabeth and michael were quite happy at the prospect of calzone and pizza.


seth, brittn, and i were mostly excited about the grape fanta.

i hope you all had a wonderful Christmas whether you were at home or on the other side of the world. don't forget to bring Christmas with you throughout the year when stores don't stock eggnog and the radio doesn't play "chestnuts roasting on an open fire." there is still joy for the world.

peace and love.