Muchas Cosas

Hey! So like the beginning of lots of posts, Sorry it's been so long! I've been sick a lot, and just not feeling up to posting.

So Christmas here was COMPLETELY different from what I'm used to. Everyone only got one or two presents, and rather than sitting around together and opening them, they would just open them whenever. Every year on Christmas Eve, I go to church with my family. It helps me feel more like it's Christmas, and I enjoy the services. Well, my host family doesn't really go to church, but I figured they might know around what time the services were anyway (all the churches being Catholic, and most Catholic Churches having the same service times.) So I asked my host dad if he knew what time church was on Christmas eve, and he told me that all the services are at midnight. Ok, no problem, I always go to the midnight service at my church back home, too. Sonia, my host mom's niece offered to drive me to the church I really wanted to go to -- this big one called ¨San Francisco¨. When we got there, everything was dark, and there were no people in sight. We went up to the front door to read this big sign posted with the Christmas service times. The last Christmas eve service was at 10 pm. We drove around a bit longer, looking for other churches that might be open. We went to one that is right next to my host family's house, but it's service was at 7:30 pm. So, for the first time in my entire life, I didn't go to church on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Day was pretty much the same as Christmas Eve. We went to My host Mom's sister's house around 1 and were there until about 8. We just ate and watched TV, like any other Sunday. So I suppose Christmas really IS a lot different in every country.