Even Santa Claus made an appearance. Of course, I should clarify this statement. It was a skinny, Salvadoran Santa with a somewhat scraggly beard. Also, he was an FMLN Santa, a political Santa. He came riding into town on a cart pulled by some sort of motorcycle. The cart was covered with FMLN flags and posters of Don Lito, who is the FMLN candidate for mayor next year. I guess I never knew how political Santa was.
The same night we saw Santa we went into town to the square to watch them light up all the Christmas lights for the first time. We waited for what seemed like forever, listening to people from City Hall talk endlessly about something. Finally, they turned off the main lights in the town square and turned on the Christmas lights. They were beautiful! We walked around looking at all the different lights. Then they set off fireworks. We stayed and watched for quite some time. It wasn’t Iowa, but it certainly felt like Christmas.
Setting up the nativity
Merry Christmas
Pedro's bush
Snowman without the snow
Christmas bulbs
Styrofoam nativity- love it!
Christmas tree put up by the
physical therapy foundation
Another nativity
It feels like Christmas
Ding dong!
It's Santa Claus!
FMLN Santa
He's looking skinny
Me and Santa
Santa's clowns?
Ho ho ho
I guess Santa supports Don Lito
New sign in town
The nativity
Driving into the town square
One of my second grade students
Gathered around to see Santa
All lit up
Blanca sitting by a tree
Fireworks
Yay!
My favorite
I love all the lights
Lots of people
So beautiful
Not quite a pine tree
Christmastime is here
Pedro's tree
Walking around
Feliz Navidad
One of my favorite trees
Up by the nativity
The huge pine tree
1 comment:
All the lights and decorations are so beautiful. I'm so glad you got to be there to see all of that. It is a little odd without any snow. Then again, we didn't have any snow this year either.
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