Christmas in Xi'an

There are lots of Christmas decorations in the stores.  Some are better than others but it's been fun to see.
This is just down the street from us.  

This is in the entrance of our apartment building.
Had a branch Christmas party with many Chinese guests.
 The little boy is Lily's son and the "big boy" is a nephew.
 The lady on the right is Lily.  She is my supervisor.  Her sister is on the left and was a big help when one of the BYU teachers had an appendicitis and had to have surgery.  These are great ladies.
 This is Elson.  He's from Brazil and is here studying Chinese.   He's the other counselor in the Branch Presidency with Kim.
We had a visit from Santa.  The Chinese kids went crazy with him.
 Ethan showing some of his moves!

White elephant gifts.  
Outside the Saga Mall.  One of the biggest and prettiest malls I've ever seen.  It's maybe a mile from our home.
 

 The Saga Mall.  It was SO busy this night.
The south entrance of the city wall.
 Just down the street from the city wall.
 The prettiest tree we've seen.  Just outside the city wall.
In the lobby of our apartment building on Christmas Eve.  
The hotel management put chocolate roses on the tree for all the foreign teachers. 
 Singing Christmas Carols to the staff at our apartment building--which doubles as a hotel.


Our Christmas Pajamas this year!
We had a Merry Christmas.  Hope all of you did too!


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