Rob and I celebrated Christmas with our friends. On Friday night, we went to Christmas service in our church. After church we headed over to some friends' appartment to hang out and sing carols. It was a great group of people and included some of my co-workers. On Christmas day, Rob and I watched some Christmas movies and went over to cook dinner with our friends. We had a great time together and made a yummy dinner. One Christmas down, one more Christmas to go (Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on January 6-7).
I am also celebrating holidays at work with my co-workers. The pictures in the beginning our from our work party for St. Nicholas' day (December 18). He brings presents to kids and adults here instead of Santa. I am also going to have another celebratory party at work this coming Thursday for New Year's and Christmas.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Holiday Plans!
It is the holiday time! This year we get to have two Christmases. Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on January 6-7th, as it is Eastern Orthodox Church. So, Rob and I will celebrate western Christmas on the 24-25th with our American friends in Lviv. We will make some food together and hang out. As you can see from the video, Rob and I already bought a Christmas tree and decorated it (took us 5 min. to decorate it, see the video to see why). Then, on December 31st we will catch a morning train to Uzhgorod to visit my family for one week. We will spend New Year’s and Ukrainian Christmas with my family. While there, we will visit my extended family and some friends, as well as make several trips to the Russian banya (sauna) – see pictures from September posts of our trip there, it was fun.
We already had a Christmas party at our university last week, organized by our American friend (see some pics in the video). During the presentation, scripture was read in five languages, and then students did different presentation. Rob’s class sang “Jingle Bell Rock.” He taught them how to sing it! It was a fun time with some desserts afterwards. And today (December 19th) is St. Nicholas day in Ukraine. Over the night, St. Nicholas brought presents for kids, and adults also exchanged gifts.
Today, to continue with the holiday season, we went to see the Nutcracker ballet today at the Opera House in Lviv.
We already had a Christmas party at our university last week, organized by our American friend (see some pics in the video). During the presentation, scripture was read in five languages, and then students did different presentation. Rob’s class sang “Jingle Bell Rock.” He taught them how to sing it! It was a fun time with some desserts afterwards. And today (December 19th) is St. Nicholas day in Ukraine. Over the night, St. Nicholas brought presents for kids, and adults also exchanged gifts.
Today, to continue with the holiday season, we went to see the Nutcracker ballet today at the Opera House in Lviv.
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