Christmas until the 7th of January. However all of my class were themed appropriately.
For one of my upper intermediate classes we studied Clement Moore's "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Here's my adaptation:
Father Christmas or Father Frost?
Twas Christmas Day throughout the EF village,
not a child was heard rejoicing , no presents to pillage.
The 25th of December 2007,
back home in Oz, it's children's heaven.
However, here in Russia where the conditions seem so right,
we don't see old St Nick until New Years Night.
For it's the 1st of January, when Santa's Russian Brother is in town,
his name - Dyet Moroz, only then can he be found.
No funny looking elves to give the old man a hand,
this guy has a beautiful granddaughter who is famous across Russia's vast land.
And if you thought the old bloke wanted to know who is naughty or nice,
well you'd be mistaken, just read him a poem once or twice.
Nevertheless when all is said and done,
the two of them love children and Christmas fun!
Christmas Day may have been somewhat of a non event, however the few expats around here made the most of it. On Christmas Eve we were lucky enough to be invited around to the American Consulates for dinner. Wow what a feed and what a place. All seven stories of it!
The traditional American Christmas dinner was pretty similar to edifice we ate it in. Enormous!
Christmas Night a group of us headed to Jeff's, where a turkey and all the Christmas trimmings were on offer. A lot of fun was had by all, however it wasn't quite like celebrating at home. The Christmas build up and hype is nowhere near as frenetic here. Maybe because the guys here celebrate it later on the 7th. Don't worry you'll receive a running commentary over the next few weeks.
2 comments:
Christmas was very hectic. Dinner at Marnie's as we are still without a kitchen. We all missed both of you!!!! Love M
Missed you to!
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