Christmas Eve with the Bergers! In Switzerland, Christmas - or Weihnachten as it's called - is celebrated on the 24th. I decided to spend this time with the family since I was having real Christmas the next day with my friends. Heidi came over to celebrate with us since her family was spending time at their mountain cabin. The night started with Christian, the three kids, Heidi, and I attending church just down the road. This church must be some kind of Protestant because Christian called it the German word which sounded something like Reform. It was only about 45 minutes long and there were lots of kids there. All the kid had their candles which were lit at the end of the service. The service mostly just consisted of singing and what seemed to me to be the story of Christ's birth with a projector showing somewhat random paintings/pictures. Jaime of course didn't do so well during the 45 minutes of sitting still but the other 2 were fine. After the service, we went back to the house where Jana had set out all the presents for the kids under the tree. The family's friend, Phillip, also joined us. Dinner was wonderful as usual. We had turkey which was a huge deal since people do not have turkey meat here. A few days earlier, Christian had told me we would be having turkey and asked me several questions about cooking it since they hadn't done it before. Since it is in Christian's area of expertise, the dinner was fancy and very nicely laid. The salad before the main meal was so good and looked really pretty. After dinner, it was time to open presents! The kids opened the ones my parents sent and they actually really enjoyed them. Especially Sanja, who has worn her pink sparkly Princess sweatshirt almost every day since. The kids had quite a few presents to open. The big presents from the parents were as follows: Nick = dirt bike.....crazy I know, Jaime = Heelys Roller Shoes (the shoes with skates on the bottom), and Sanja = a pink sled. The kids were all super excited with their new toys. They also received these kid laptops (mostly educational) from their grandparents which was one of their favorite presents. I had gotten the kids each a present as well: for Sanja, a Diddlina coloring book and markers, and the boys each got an airplane they had to construct themselves. It was a fun night with the family but I was very anxious for the next day which was when Cody came! Below I have some pictures from Christmas Eve if you would like to see some visuals of the night.
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