Christmas is Coming

While most of Indonesia does not celebrate Christmas, we sure still do at school. This month we are finishing up first semester and with that comes final projects, tests, and of course exams. But this month we are also doing lots of celebrating. Last weekend we had our school's annual Christmas concert. We heard lots of Christmas music and got to see students from Kindergarten all the way up through high school perform. Last weekend we also had our annual staff Christmas party. We enjoyed visiting together, eating some snacks, and singing Christmas carols. Student Council has been busy at work decorating our school hallways and bringing some Christmas cheer. They also encouraged students to come dressed in red and green for Christmas spirit day. These small things are the reminders we have that Christmas is coming. Otherwise it would be easily forgotten, as you do not see reminders of it when you are out and about around Indonesia.