As we're on January 2nd ... we thought we'd fill you in a little on our first Christmas here in Dodoma! To be fair, the essential parts were not all that different from what we would do anywhere else in the world!
There was the nativity play at Abigail's school. Form 2 put on a great pantomime-style production. Lots of fun!
The MAF family Christmas party at the hangar ... with a chance to meet some of the spouses and children of Mark's colleagues, complete with games and food.
Family coming to stay. Jenny's mum arrived for her second visit to us here in Tanzania.
Our traditional family un-traditional Christmas Tree, Christmas Cake. It had a collapsible issue that we hadn't previously experienced so we had to take the photo quickly before the landslide of chocolate cake began!
Christmas stockings with goodies waiting for the girls on Christmas morning.
Christmas presents of the more traditional variety (thanks to our container!) and also those that are a little different to what we usually give out!
A traditional Christmas meal with friends. We had 3 families, 13 of us all together, all sharing out the cooking.
We found Christmas crackers in Dar Es Salaam during our October visit ... and introduced our Swiss friends to them. Pop!
One thing that was a little bit different from previous years (apart from the heat of course!) were the Christmas bugs. They come out around December-time and are thumb-nail sized, red and fluffy looking. Rather cute for a bug!
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