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Life is all about people… Since we don’t have extended family in Singapore, we want to share meaningful times together, like Christmas, with friends. Today we had some friends come over and share Christmas dinner with us.
Here’s what Christmas morning looks like at our house… We like to share one present with each other at midnight on Christmas Eve, then get up and listen to Christmas music and open presents and be lazy on Christmas morning… Today we went to our church worship service after opening presents : )
Last year, I (Jim) realized that I love Christmas parties. I love the cookies, the music, the festive environment. I love mingling, seeing friends. I love singing Christmas carols and sharing stories with each other about meaningful Christmas memories. And I love reading the Christmas story by candlelight. But we don’t normally get invited to […]
We live on the fifth floor of a 25 story building. Virtually all Singaporeans live in high rise apartment buildings, and our neighborhood is full of them. The areas surrounding the high rises are full of all kinds of shopping. Within a hundred yards of our building is our supermarket, bakery, hair and nail places, […]
There are two things that are noticeably different in Singapore in the month of December. One, it feels cooler. No, the leaves don’t change colors and we don’t bring out our winter wardrobes and wear sweaters everyday. Living ON the equator means the days do not get shorter or longer through the year (sunup and […]
Our first year in China, in 1997, we didn’t think we would have a Christmas tree. We had a few humble decorations, but in those days Christmas was not well recognized in China. In our city of a few million people, we saw maybe half a dozen signs of Christmas around town. Most of the […]
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