Christmas was a good time. I had 2 friends with me on Christmas eve this year - so we made half an effort to join in the Guatemalan traditions - setting off fireworks for much of the night - but mostly around midday. The concept of health and safety doesn't really exist in Guatemala, so we joined in with my neighbours and their children, aged between 3 and 8 (I think) - as they set fire to their fireworks and bangers.
On Christmas day, a few other Striders and friends arrived to enjoy our attempt at a traditional English Christmas dinner - which was almost complete except for the parsnips. Esgrid, a Guatemalan friend who was with us, spent most of the time asking 'what's this' (bread sauce, pigs in blankets, stuffing, mince pies etc). He wasn't particularly impressed with the Christmas Cracker jokes ('but they're not funny'), not quite understanding the irony of it.
We kept up our attempts at traditional English Christmas-ness on boxing day - entertaining a few more Guatemalan friends with a Turkey Curry.
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