Christmas in Kombo: Christmas Cards

       My Peace Corps cohort, Team ExTreme, and I have been in Kombo for our InService Training (IST) which conveniently fell close to the Christmas holiday.  I knew I loved Christmastime but I didn’t realize just how much until we started talking about our favorite traditions.  One PCV said, “I like putting up Christmas lights with my dad…mainly I just love to hear him complain about it the whole time”.  Likewise, I love signing Christmas cards with my family for many reasons but mainly I enjoy hearing my brother complain about it the whole time.  Deep down I think he enjoys himself.  My mom made a photo Christmas card so there will be no signatures this year {you’re welcome, Bubbie}. 

            
Musa’s class was the last to come to the library before I left for IST.  Instead of checking-out books, I shared a few of my favorite Christmas activities: reading about the birth of Christ, singing Christmas carols, and making Christmas cards!  The joy on their faces was priceless as they sang “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and colored pictures of Christmas trees, nativities, and shepherds.  The students were gracious enough to let me have their Christmas cards in order to give them to fellow Peace Corps Volunteers.