Adventurous Seoul: Christmas

Isaiah 9:6:

For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Christmas is my favorite holiday. Christmas decorations were seen in Seoul beginning in November and although I was a bit nostalgic being far away from my family for Christmas this year; I told myself that I would enjoy the season.

My school had a concert at the beginning of December where each age group danced a certain international song (we had just finished an international unit). The youngest group danced The Twist, the middle group danced The Mexican Hat Dance and the oldest group danced Hava Nagila. I had to introduce or perform with all the groups and I even taught a little bit of Spanish to the middle group (before they danced the Mexican Hat Dance, they introduced themselves to their parents in Spanish and counted from 1 to 10.) Some of the parents later came to ask how I knew Spanish...haha. :) The little kiddos were so cute and their parents had a great time.

The Giraffe group dancing Hava Nagila

We rehearsed in front of the elementary students

Emily and Ryan-cute siblings

Emily and Ryan gave me flowers after the concert!

We went to Lotte World to donate to the Salvation Army.

My small group had a little Christmas party:

L.O.V.E.

The Korean heart pose

Food babies

Celebration at church:

I had mentioned to Elisa that I missed eggnog. Well the next day she brought some to church. Yay for friends in the military that can purchase things on base! (You can't find eggnog here)

The church children singing Christmas carols

Church Christmas Party

Which was catered by Outback:)

Christmas Eve

I worked on Christmas Eve and it was my last day at SEA as I will now be working at Seoul Foreign School (more on this later). It was odd working on Christmas Eve but it turned out to be a fun day full of presents and lots of candy-eating. After work, I met up with some friends for a Christmas Eve dinner, Korean style. We had galbi and of course, a Christmas cake from Paris Baguette. The night ended with coffee and talking.

PS: Christmas Eve in Korea is a big date night and it's not like in the Americas where you spend time your family. I had been told this before but didn't quite understand. Then on Christmas Eve, there were couples everywhere being all lovey-dovey. :)

The kids with Santa