Our little Christmas

Our humble lil tenenbaum. I owe it all to my mom, who made sure to sent it complete with battery-op lights and a star. Our friend Tamako made us a cute little snowman ornament, and I was glad we had a place for it.


(Mike as "wild cat")
We spent part of Christmas eve doing Karaoke carolling at the festive "Bar Ahau", with a couple friends, and friendly strangers. Madonna's "Like a Prayer" had the whole bar clapping and dancin along. Who can resist Madonna on xmas? I also sang the Christmas song by Nat King Cole.


Here are the Christmas gifts we got for each other.
Mike was really sweet. He was sneaky enough to get me a yukata (a light summer kimono) without giving any hints. Pretty hard in such close quarters. I wasn't sneaky at all. I asked someone where I could find a good music shop right in front of Mike. Even so, he's rockin out on his guitar. Now I just need to find a drumset that will fit in our apartment...

Not pictured are the many, many great American snacks friends and family have blessed us with. I have absolutely no regrets about the pounds (kilograms?) that I'll be puttin' back on. We can't thank you all enough!

Feel free to leave a comment about your own Christmas (or an email, letter, phone call, etc... ;)
Love to you all!