Ano Nuevo or Feliz Navidad??

Last night we celebrate Christmas Eve with a group of expats and a candle light service at church. In Guatemala, Christmas Eve is as important if not more than Christmas day. Traditionally, people stay up all night waiting until midnight to have tamales with the family and to open up their presents underneath the Christmas tree. The main celebration however happens at midnight when pretty much every person in the country sets off tons of different types of firecrackers and fireworks. We just happened to be walking home at midnight and it literally felt like we were in the middle of a war! Quite the cultural experience. 

 As we were leaving the Erickson's we had a surprise drive-by sighting of Santa and his reindeer. Of course he was blasting 'Feliz Navidad' on the sweet sleigh stereo system :)

Tonight we will have another Christmas celebration with some good friends, good food, and a Christmas movie. We've been trying to watch one at home but they are all in Spanish! All in all Christmas has definitely has been different this year but fun none-the-less!