This year will be our ninth Christmas in Japan.  As with all of you, we work hard to remember that Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas.  We make sure that our children know this and stay focused on it also.  No matter where in the world we are, that doesn’t change!
Christmas in Japan arrives [...]

Christmas is an actual holiday here in Hong Kong thanks to the British colonial legacy. December 25 and 26 are holidays. December 26 is called Boxing Day and is celebrated in the United Kingdom. The kids have off about 10 days from school, the same as in the USA. Some people celebrate Christmas, but the [...]

This will be our first Christmas in Lusaka, Zambia.  Since we live very near the capital, Christmas decorations at the stores in town actually began in the middle of November.  There are the usual types, Christmas trees, garland, lights, ornaments and banners.  There are nativity scenes set up in the shopping areas.  Most of the [...]

Our city, Gravatai, Brazil, is in an urban setting – at least the part that we live in.   Because we live in the southern hemisphere we are heading into summer and have already had some temperatures in the 90s.  The stores have had Christmas decorations out since the beginning of November, but it does seem [...]

My husband Luke and I live in Berdsk, Russia, with our three children, Christina (10), Katie (8) and Peter (3). Berdsk, a city of about 90,000, is a bedroom community for the large city of Novosibirsk. It does look like Christmas here. There is a foot or so of snow on the ground. This morning [...]