Christmas in Lhasa, 2014
Celebrating Christmas is a quiet affair in Tibet. This year stores and large hotels decorated with Christmas trees and Santa Claus posters, but generally Hallmark hasn't taken hold.
Chris and I told the history and meaning to the English students together, then I decorated cookies, made trees and acted out the story in my classes. Some of the staff wished us "Sheng dan kuaile!" A cookie-making party with English teachers was a big hit with promises to get together in the spring. I made a nativity scene of decorated sugar cookies with the foster kids and they made and coloured Christmas trees. I wonder if the cookies made it to Christmas Day...... Our team got together to sing before some left for the states then the remaining 4 had a quiet celebration, lighting the last candle on a make-shift Advent Wreath. Very special! Finals were being held that week, so much of time was spent grading and reporting marks. I also invited a neighbouring couple with their cute 2 yr. old for pizza before they left for Beijing.
New Years I held a "Countdown" party with friends and teachers. We played a few games with Christmas decorations before settling in for a serious card game of "golf".
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| This local tea house bought new covers for their benches... do you think they did it for Christmas? :0) |
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| Christmas Entertainment.... |
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| We have a talented group of musicians. |
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| Our advent wreath |
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| Too much fun! |
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| While making cookies for our class, some students asked me about our Advent Wreath. |
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| Class 13-1 enjoyed the eating! |
I wonder how long the nativity cookies lasted?
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| Biema's selfie with lots of English words! Yeh! |
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| Yes, ice on the window at 8:30 a.m., but not as cold as other days! |
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| Neighbours with GuoGua, their son |
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| A rather competitive game of building the tallest tower with Christmas cards! |
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Happy New Year!
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