you won't see signs of santa here. no halls decked with holy. no christmas lights. no christmas tree farms. we are far from a white christmas here in sudan. but there is one (rather essential) christmas tradition that i can certainly relate to... christmas cookies!
that's right. even in sudan, many households were baking the day away. this is no slice-n-bake, my friends. only serious cookie-making here. trying to expand my moru culture, i jumped in to "help" in the process. it was, however, short-lived. as the boiling water was poured in, my kneading turned in to poking and wincing. what can i say, i'm a wimp. i happily watched from my seat, deciding i would wait and build up my pain tolerance another day.
this is the finished product! paired with some lemonade. delicious!
back to christmas traditions...
what is christmas without caroling? we decided to bring some of our own christmas traditions to mundri, and so we set out on christmas eve to do just that. candles in hand and guitar at the ready, we went trekking through the bush to visit our neighbors.
of course, we had to first explain what we were doing and that we actually wanted them to sit while we sang to them. they probably thought it a bit strange, but seemed to enjoy it all the same.
yum! what were in the cookies that they made? try to send a video of church service sometime.. would love to hear them worship
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That sounds so fun! I am sure the neighbors found it strange but what a great tradition to share with them! So glad you had such a wonderful Mundri Christmas!! We love you
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