Well, it's our first christmas away from home and it's safe to say, it's a unique experience. CHRISTMAS IN SINGAPORE is warm & muggy but still festive. Nothing closes but everywhere plays Christmas music while everyone wishes you "a Merry Christmas". Despite wearing shorts and flip flops, you can't help but feel just a little of that ol' Holiday Spirit.
For Christmas Eve, we went for a great potluck Dinner at Aamir & Denise's place. There were about 12 of us and the food was fantastic, Aamir made Turkey & Homemade Egg Nog, Michelle busted out her incredible Lime Shortbread Cookies and I introduced Singapore to my Maple-Dijon Ham (six Christmases in a row now) and we all passed out on the couch thanks to a massive food coma, it was a nice way to spend the evening. The next day, we opened presents (Michelle got perfume, I got Scotch Glasses & a Boba Fett Bobblehead), we ate Blueberry French Toast, skyped with the families and watched some Love Actually (Michelle's favorite Xmas Movie). We then got ready and headed for a giant Xmas Day Feast at Heather & Roman's. There were about 20 people there and the star of the show was Heather's fantastic Bacon-wrapped Turkey. After dinner I read "the Night Before Christmas" for the kids and then we were all visited by a barefoot, red wine drinking, Australian Santa Claus who handed out presents to everyone. It was surreal.
We miss our friends, we miss our family and we miss our dogs but Christmas in Singapore was a very cool experience and we are lucky to have made some great, new friends to help us ring in the holidays in our new hometown! Pics from the Holidays HERE!
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
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