Ohrid has begun to twinkle in the past few days. Lights are going up all over the place. You may be thinking, it is a little late to start putting up lights, but don't forget, Macedonians celebrate Christmas on January 7th. They have a couple more weeks to prepare for their holiday. Our favorite new sight are the skinny Santas that sit outside the photo shop in the center of town. We just want to stuff a pillow in that suit with them... or feed them some cookies or something. Santa is just not supposed to be skinny, I don't care what Dr. Atkins says.
Christmas is, however, not the biggest deal around here... not yet at least. Right now everyone is gearing up for New Year's. Evidently they know how to ring in the New Year with style. And most of the signs we have seen that would probably say Merry Christmas in America, say Crekna Nova Godina (Happy New Year) instead. We have heard the Christmas tree called the New Year's tree by several people and have realized that we don't have anything to wear out for the evening of New Year's because "you must dress like you are going to the prom." Personally I would rather ring in the New Year in my pj's, but for the Macedonians...
And for anything you may ever need for decorating your home for the holiday season visit the outdoor market. This has been a really fun place to visit to learn some new Christmas words and practice our language. And you can find anything from Christmas cards to sparklers, Santa hats to scary masks (not real sure what that's about yet).
Take a look at that temperature!!!!
And look at how I have to dress!!! I love it!!!
Pray that we will be able to share with the people what this time is so special!
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