christmas eve will be always special for me. Dispite of its pagan, quite barbaran origin of Saturnalia, christmas also became a christian tradition, weather one is religous or not. it’s a family time too, a special time of sharing time and food.

Christmas are always special for children,either because they are being spoiled with presents or because they like the magic of it.  I hope you will have a chance to spend soon one of your Christmases with snow. white christmas seems far more enchanted and magical then the carefree, casual tropical ones.

You won’t be getting many christmas gifts my little one.  the best gift anyone can give you will be a chance to go to Europe to see your family and some new experiences so perhaps instead of many toys your family, our families can do just this – help us make sure we can take you to them and when you are there gift you a special trip, unusual day, new discovery…and so Christmas should be special for you, on the night of Christmas Eve we will tell you some tales of distant countries, their customs, places we will take you too, people close to you you will spend time with, things you will do, something to wait for and dream about

Christmas is particularly special for me because this is when marcus asked me to marry him – on a failed trip to see Christmas Eve night mass, on the footsteps of closed church, in the tropical summer breeze, in the middle of night, under hundreds of fairy lights. He had no ring and he forgot the head flower garland ei he had for me for this occasion and despite of this it was a perfect moment.

It was a big decision for both of us and each year we spend christmas together we can look back and think how right it was and be grateful for each other and for you too

Dad is baking an apple cake with advocate and we will soon go to Thomas to celebrate Christmas with his family and friends, big local Maori party with piles of food and heaps of children playing around, merry and fun

Merry Christmas our little one