(Thursday, December 23, Day 185)

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Phrase of the day: Tendra una Muy Feliz Navidad!... Have a Very Merry Christmas!

It's starting to feel a tad bit more like Christmas now. I guess that's a good thing, seeing as how it's in two days! People have been constructing Nativity Scenes throughout the town in almost every neighborhood.

And the biggest store in town is selling fake Christmas trees. My host family doesn't have one, but a few people in town do, including Kasie's host family.

Today, my counterpart brought me a bottle of hot sauce. I'm not sure if it was because of the holiday season, but it was perfect.

At first, I was just planning on pretending it wasn't happening this year. This being the first Christmas I'm missing back home, I figured it would just be easier.

But then I received packages from Virginia.

(Yeah, that one was actually from Thanksgiving, but I was saving my favorite candies for a rainy day). And well, nothing can beat packages from Virginia.

That's right, those were legos!

If you didn't know, Christmas decorations aren't complete without a lego Santa Claus! (seriously).

I have no idea as yet what I'm doing Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, but I'm super excited to get on skype in t-minus 3 hours to talk to whoever is free and would like to talk! That will be the best present for sure!

Merry Christmas!