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Published: December 22nd 2013
Merry Christmas!!!!! I love Christmas so much! We hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas season! Things over here are going great! We had our branch Christmas party this week and ate at the delicious buffet where we had Thanksgiving. The best part was that they had a chocolate fountain!!! We were in heaven! We also had a Christmas party this week with all the exchange students. The mutual language is Chinese so we played Chinese charades and played the human knot game. Every “country” made a dish and brought it to the party. There was sushi, spaghetti with mozzarella, a delicious Korean dish that I don’t know what it’s called, chips and salsa, and more. We had a great time. At both parties Jarek and I sang Michael Buble’s version of White Christmas. It was a crowed pleaser for sure! I love my husband so much and I love that we get to sing together! Today we had a special Christmas sacrament meeting for church that was mostly all music. Jarek and I sang in the branch choir as well as in a quartet with another couple. It sounded so beautiful. At the end of the meeting, I sang "My Precious Son." That is a song my dad and a family friend wrote, so it is very special to me. I am so proud that I can take that song with me all over the world. Thanks dad 😊
The special thing we did for the branch Christmas party was we rewrote the words to The 12 Days of Christmas. We had way too much fun writing it and just as much fun singing it. I wish so badly that I could post it on here, but we have no way to do that. LIn the meantime, you will just have to imagine us singing it. *Ahem*:
12 Days of Christmas (in China)
On the first day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
Air you can see and not breathe
On the second day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the third day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the fourth day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
Four panda suits
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the fifth day of Christmas a student said to me,
MY NAME IS AIR
(optional fifth verse: DIARRHEA!)
Four panda suits
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the sixth day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
Six singing trucks
PLEASE CALL ME DOLPHIN
Four panda suits
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the seventh day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
Seven cars a-honking
Six singing trucks
MY NAME IS EARTH
Four panda suits
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the eighth day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
*HHHHHKKKKKK*
(this is the sound a Chinese person makes before spitting.)
Seven cars a-honking
Six singing trucks
APPLE IS MY NAME
Four panda suits
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the ninth day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
Nine ladies dancing
*HHHHHKKKKKK*
Seven cars a-honking
Six singing trucks
I CAN’T SAY MY NAME
Four panda suits
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the tenth day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
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Nine ladies dancing
*HHHHHKKKKKK*
Seven cars a-honking
Six singing trucks
CALL ME T-REX
Four panda suits
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the eleventh day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
Eleven squatty potties
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Nine ladies dancing
*HHHHHKKKKKK*
Seven cars a-honking
Six singing trucks
HIS NAME’S BAD BOY…? (Seriously?)
Four panda suits
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
On the Twelfth day of Christmas dear China gave to me,
A billion people staring
Eleven squatty potties
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Nine ladies dancing
*HHHHHKKKKKK*
Seven cars a-honking
Six singing trucks
PLEASE CHANGE YOUR NAME!!!!
Four panda suits
Three baby butts
Two rock hard beds
And air you can see and not breathe
*Relevance to real situations and/or people is not coincidental. All persons mentioned above are real.
Merry Christmas from the Buss family!
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Great post, guys! We are running a Christmas photo challenge at the moment by which we hope to gather photos and descriptions of Christmas traditions from all around the world. If you'd like to participate, write a couple of sentences about Christmas in your countries or in China, send us a photo to represent it and we will publish the best entries on our blog with a link to your site. Sounds good? :) Here you will find more details: http://hitchhikershandbook.com/2013/12/21/christmas-traditions-around-the-world-photo-challenge/ Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! :)