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Sunny getting in the Christmas spirit
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Few in the village celebrated Christmas this weekend so it was very difficult to feel like it was Christmas. We ordered most of our gifts online and few of them would ship to Alaska so we told each other what was waiting for them in a box in Missouri as our "gift exchange". We had a few friends over for supper Christmas night and I made an over-abundance of goodies I now must find a home for before I eat them all myself and that was pretty much our Christmas. We had a white Christmas, but that was a surprise to no one. We've had somewhere between 6 inches and a foot of snow in the last few days, but the wind has been so strong it's hard to know exactly how much. Sometimes I'm not sure if it's still snowing or if the wind is just rearranging the snow that's already fallen.
The school held a "Santa's Workshop" on Saturday to give the kids a chance to make gifts for their family members. The kids made ginger bread houses, ornaments, jewelry, personalized wrapping paper, and snowflakes. I'm sure most can guess that I volunteered for snowflakes given I'm known for my magic snowflakes. I've told people here about them, but I'm not sure they believe in my 100% success rate, especially since there is no such thing as a snow day in the village. Given the nasty turn the weather has taken the last few days, I may have to take Randy's suggestion and give magic sunshines my best effort. We have flights scheduled for next Thursday and we will be very sad little critters if we don't make it to Missouri for Christmas break.
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| Jewelry making |
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| Ornament making |
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| Ginger bread houses |
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