After our world wind trip of Cambodia we had a few days to
get ready for Christmas in Vietnam.
As the majority of Vietnamese don’t
celebrate Christmas it was quite a different experience. We managed to find a plastic
Christmas tree and a set of flashing lights to drape over it and placed the tree in
the corner of the lounge room along with some tinsel. The local kids were quite
interested in the display. Presents appeared under the tree and we were all set
for the day.
Early morning excitement ensured that we were up and going
at 6am. It was amazing that even though we were in Vietnam and we don’t have a
chimney Santa still managed to “deliver presents”!
We met our friends Ian, Karen, and Jess (friends from Red
Hill Scouts travelling through Vietnam) for morning tea along the river in Old
Town Hoi An and the festivities continued with an interesting twist on the Kris
Kringle gift giving. It was quite fun.
We all then went to a beautiful Christmas lunch with some of
the Greenshoots school families and spent the afternoon relaxing. The food was
amazing with turkey, ham, roast vegies, salads, ice-cream, and delicious pastries.
It was a great effort by those who organised the lunch and afternoon.
9kg Turkey being carved up!
Lunch by the pool
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