Being back at 'home' for Christmas is extra special this year after 15 months in Africa. 'Home' for us however is about three different places: Janet's mom, Janet's dad, and Luc's parents. Plus aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. Luckily they're all located within a ten minute radius of Pasadena, so we're having four different Christmas day sessions at four different locations, which translates into lots of food, lots of presents, lots of love, and lots of Christmas cheer! It turned out to be a much more elaborate and festive celebration than our little Peace Corps party last year. We had done all of our shopping at the craft market back in Africa, and luckily most of it survived the voyage around the world. Africa was a definite theme in the gifts we received, like safari clothes, an e-reader for taking books to Africa, an i-pod for taking music to Africa, an external hard drive to store all of our African pictures and music, and lots of beef jerky and non-perishable cheeses. We're also bringing back Christmas presents for all the new volunteers in Tete province sent to us by their families here in America. So Merry Christmas to everyone and Happy New Year!
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