Over Christmas we are having six Christmas parties at our house for different groups of
friends that we know here. On Boxing day we had two parties; in the
morning we invited our neighbours from upstairs and in the
afternoon we hosted a party for a family that we know in south Amman.
First party
Most of the
preparation had been done the day before, so we just had to make
flasks of tea and coffee and get all the food out before the neighbours came
down at 11 o'clock. After our neighbours
arrived we had some drinks and snacks before starting some games.
This year, instead of 'Pin the beard on the Santa', we played 'Pin
the star on Bethlehem' and 'Guess how many ornaments are hanging on
the tree.'
Pin the star on Bethlehem
Kate's amazing Christmas desserts
Then Kate brought
out the desserts, including mince pies, Christmas cookies and chocolate log roll
that she had made.
Christmas cookies
Following on from
desserts, Paul and the children did a dramatisation of the Christmas
story in Arabic including Kira singing 'Angels from the Realms of
Glory' in Arabic.
Mary, Joseph and the donkey
After clearing up
there was very little time to rest before getting ready for the next
party, which was the same all over again with the addition of the
chocolate game and a star-making craft activity.
Star craft activity
!!!!!Competition!!!!
Can you guess how many ornaments are hanging on our tree? Email your guess to us.
