It was good to be together as a family once again for Christmas. We came with just our suite cases so no room for decorations how ever we did find a few things at the local shops. I could not bring my self to pay over $100 for a tree brought in from Spain that had to be the worst examples of Christmas trees I have ever seen. SO it was off to the local garden shops in search of a potted plant. Moe was a goods sport and took us to quite a few shops before we found just the thing we needed. So a Charlie Brown tree was what we got. I love the hand made clay pose in Morocco so we stopped and picked one up. I was happy . Less than $20 and we were set i got a potted plant to enjoy all year to boot. Adam worked hard making signs for the wall and fire place saying Merry Christmas and added paper snow flakes.Noura and Adam made gold and silver origami birds to decorate the tree just like i did when i was Noura's age in Japan. In Mareef (the local shopping area) we found a small party shop with the greenery and stockings to decorate the fire place. A few of the Moroccan cut glass teacups with tea lights and we were set. The weather was warm and so no fire on Christmas but we tossed a few candles in the fire place to give us the feeling of Christmas.
A few days before Christmas we were invited to a cookie exchange with the expat ladies in our area. We had warm cider and snacks and enjoyed sharing Christmas memories. We came home with plates of cookies to share. Of course the best part was being with others.
On Christmas we had presents in the morning and enjoyed the company of Laura and her family for dinner. We decided on Mexican food. We found out about 2 little Hispanics nuns who sell corn chips so we had some with our home made tortillas. Yes we are learning to cook lots of things we took for granite in the States. It has been fun and a good bonding experience for the kids and I.
As youcan see in the one phote Moe decided he would light things up and was lighting sparkelers in the Christmes tree. The kids loved it but as you can guess he got in trouble with me. Oh well kids will be kids I just hope he does not burn down the house.
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