Christmas in Indonesia - Top 10

Top 10 Reasons to love x-mas in Indonesia:

10. Low demand for x-mas hams

9. The ants take care of the cookies left out for Santa

8. Seriously low risk of Santa coming down a working chimney

7. You don't have to water a plastic x-mas tree

6. You can convince the kids that the minor earthquakes are really Santa's sleigh landing on the roof.

5. Hours of fun listening to Indonesians attempt to sing the word "Wenceslaus"

4. Mosquitoes don't just spread malaria; they also spread holiday cheer

3. Prayer call is still at 4:30 a.m., but the mosques blare Jingle Bell Rock

2. New this year: Bird flu-free egg nog

1. After the Hanukkah blow-out, x-mas is soooo mellow

(Courtesy of my husband)

Happy holidays!

Ho Ho Ho!!!

C has been so much fun this x-mas season. He's singing x-mas carols, talking about Santa daily, writing letters to Santa, counting down the days until x-mas, etc. He was excited for tonight, x-mas eve, to sing songs and leave cookies and carrots for Santa and the reindeer. And of course he is beyond excited for tomorrow morning (and J and I fear the early hour the morning may start).

I have a feeling with him that the Santa ruse won't last many years. He's already asking so many questions about Santa and x-mas eve - why does he go down the chimney? will he still come even though there's no snow? how does he fit all the presents into his sack? - that I guess he may figure it out early. I hope he doesn't, but he's too smart for his own good sometimes. I already think that next year we'll need to make sure to wrap Santa's presents in all different wrapping paper; I can just imagine him asking us how the gifts from Santa and his family are wrapped the same.

LC on the other hand doesn't have a clue. But I'm sure tomorrow morning he'll have a grand time ripping open the presents and playing with all the new toys. Unfortunately he has no patience whatsoever though so I'm imagining some temper tantrums as we wrestle with the god awful wrapping manufacturers cement their toys in.

And now J and I need to finish wrapping a few gifts, fill the stockings, and have a night cap.

Wishing you a lovely x-mas eve and a very merry x-mas (or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or whatever you may be celebrating this time of year)!