It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Well, it actually started looking like Christmas in Guatemala about a month ago! My host dad started working on his nativity scene in October!

This past Sunday, after cleaning up from our basketball game, myself and a few of the Transitions guys ventured down to Central Park for Antigua’s tree lighting celebration.

Downtown Antigua is always gorgeous, but the lights, music, and fireworks on Sunday night made me feel like kid in Disneyland. It was magical, just like the holiday season should be.

And this holiday break will be especially special: my family is coming to celebrate with me in Antigua – our first Christmas abroad! And Mickey is joining us, as is our adored Chinese exchange student, Vic.

What do you get when you put the Murlas trio, a cute Jewish boy, and a Chinese Buddhist together in Catholic Guatemala…a lot of freakin’ fun, that’s what!

We aren’t doing presents this year, as were spending our dough on making Guatemalan memories. So if you are one of those close members of the fam that is considering buying a gift for us, save it, hand my mom a twenty and you'll treat us to a fantastic brunch on the beach.