Christmas Party

Last night friends arrived for a bit of a Christmas party. I'm not very domesticated and I'm certainly not great at organising parties and have never actually organised and hosted a party entirely on my own, so this was new ground for me :-)The other thing to add into the equation is that it was on my own, in China. You can't just think "oh yeah I need this or that...I'll just pop down to the supermarket and get it"...I still have trouble finding basics, so it was challenging!
As a child my Christmases were always the most exciting and wonderful times in my childhood. My parents always made them so much fun and I felt the Christmas Spirit very strongly. I guess my main aim was to try and create that kind of atmosphere for the children that were coming to the party. I think it was O.K. :-) I thought the biggest clash of cultures may occur with the Australian "help yourself" attitude and the Chinese "host and guests" attitude...but I think everyone knew they may be waiting around for me for ever so ...it was all o.k.
We played "pass the parcel" and a balloon game that I made up for my classes..which I'm quite proud of :-) Some "Twister" was also played and I had the Christmas Carols going in the background...It was certainly not a "Grand Christmas party"...but...it was A Christmas party of sorts... and I got to spend time with my friends and show them a little of the kind of things we do and eat at Christmas time. Unfortunately I did not get many photo's but Lily and her husband took quite a few...again I will see if I can get hold of some. I'm starting to slip on the taking photo's front...whoops!
Here's one of Lily and her Husband Bingo


The kids trying out their "pass the parcel" gifts.