Christmas Celebrations...

Christmas celebrations were a bit different this year as Tony was on the mainland and I was here in Taipei. Christmas Eve was spent with my church family. The youth put on a fabulous Christmas production with a modern twist - pirates on search for the ultimate treasure... landed them at the birth of Christ! Sounds a bit of a stretch, but it was very fun and well done. Then my friend Peggy spent the night so we could wake up to say "Merry Christmas" before she headed out to work.

Christmas Day saw me hosting two meals - tradional Ambrose breakfast served for my Chinese class & a Christmas Dinner - while poor Tony was sick with food poisoning on the mainland. It was a great day reflecting, serving and sharing - kind of what Christmas should be about!

"Dinner at the Inn" was the theme for Christmas dinner...
each part of the meal followed part of the Christmas story. So we had "Ceasar salad" & "wraps" for starters, "Shepherd's pie" for the main, and "myrrh-engue" for dessert along with starfruit & star shaped cookies.
It was a fun evening with a small group of friends who are definitely part of our family here in Taipei.