Christmas Day !!!

Lucas got injured on the 19th and had to have a cast on for Christmas, so I decorated it while we waited for the family party to start.

So this was actually my second Christmas here in Argentina but it was my first time really getting to celebrate it like an Argentinian. We all got together at my in-laws, and I mean everyone, not just Lucas's immediate family. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins all came. We all talked and spent time together until about 11:00 p.m. and then began eating. Because it's summertime we had alot of summer foods, like tomatoes and fruit salad. When the meal was finished, snacks and desserts were put out. The big things here to eat at Christmas time are budin(pound cake), pan dulce(bread with candied fruit, similar to fruitcake) and Garrapinadas(candied peanuts/boston baked beans). We enjoyed the snacks until midnight and then lots of fireworks went off. It was really hard for me to feel like it was Christmas instead of the 4th of July! More family came over later and we continued to visit until about 3 a.m. before finally turning in for the night.

The next day we celebrated in an American way by checking our stockings to see what Santa brought.
This was Lucas's first Santa experience. It probably would have been alot more exciting for him if he had been a kid ;)