Tis the season

Let the celebrating begin







The lights of the Christmas market were magical.  We had a wonderful and relaxing evening enjoying the sights and sounds of the Holidays.


We stopped by a local artisan gathering, purchased a few things and even tried on the sheep skin.  It was fairly cold out and I was just standing there visiting with his wife in the booth and this gentleman walked over to me took off the skin and put it on me.  He then grabbed a hat out of his booth and stuck it on my head.  The thing was crazy heavy.  He told us it was 25 kg, that's about 55 lbs.  It was all of that.  Would have preferred keeping it on but he wanted it back.




For our weekly District Council, we combined it with a service project and filled bags with a few items.  We had fun filling them and each companionship took a few out to distribute.





We enjoyed an evening meal, gifts and PJ photos.  Geani was a good sport and jumped right in.  We love him and he is such a blessing to the branch.





Our district lunch and activity found a bit of frolic and fun.



We enjoyed an evening and traditional meal of Sarmale with Maria and Traian.  After the meal he disappeared and returned in his red suit.  We had a good laugh, he's 90.



We also enjoyed a Sarmale meal with Genoveva and Ionut.  Wonderful people.



All of the friendships formed are priceless.

The Christmas season has been very magical here in Romania with different cultural traditions.  We enjoyed singing Christmas hymns and learning some new beautiful Romanian songs.  Probably our favorites are O ce veste minunatǎ (Oh, What Wonderful News) and Astǎzi S-a nǎscut Hristos (Today Christ is Born).  The most wonderful part about the Christmas Season for us is to be able to celebrate Jesus Christ, His wonderful birth and life, that has brought such glad tidings of great joy to all the world.  We hope you all had a Merry Christmas. We are looking forward 2026 and wishing you all the very best year with health and happiness.


O ce vesta minunată


Astăzi S-a născut Hristos


 

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