Hope you all had a safe and warm Christmas with your families. Christmas here in China was just another work day for most people. Not much in the way of decorations were around town. Some shopping malls had a Christmas tree, and the supermarket was playing Christmas songs, but that's about it. The university let us cancel our classes on Christmas, which was nice. We mixed some Christmas stuff into our classes during December though. They were very interested to learn about how Americans celebrate Christmas. We had a couple of parties for the students, and we attended a party at the church. They asked us to perform something, so we performed a song. It didn't drive them away, so that was a plus.
On Christmas day we went to mass. It was freezing cold. There is no heat in the church, so everyone is bundled up, steam rising from their breath. The mass started with a marching band.
Two big base drums and a few horns and trombones. I'm going to suggest to Fr Mark that we start doing this at St. Francis...uniforms and all. It wakes you up on a cold winter's morning. It was so cold, but it didn't keep anyone from coming to church and celebrating. The place was packed. This community is very strong and vibrant. It is an honor to worship with them each Sunday.
Christ's Peace to you and your loved ones.
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