About a month ago I started listening to Christmas music. Not the cheesy classics, but the winter-themed (and Christ-themed!) songs with indie music credibility. I made sure to warn Brooke just in case she was someone that was annoyed by a premature jump into the holidays (which she's not!). I also was thrilled to see that the Christmas lights were beginning to be hung about three weeks ago all over the city of Amsterdam. I guess when there aren't single-family homes to privately decorate, the city takes over! Nearly every street has a little something. Now this past weekend I was able to partake in the arrival of Sinterklaas to Antwerp! He came to Amsterdam the next day, but I chose to sleep instead. I seriously felt like a 6 year old! I waited on the dock with several other 20something friends and was noticeably excited to see Sinterklaas' steamboat pull around the corner. Kind of embarrassing, but I didn't seem to care. I was made fun of on several occasions for the amount of videotaping I was doing, but I just loved the whole experience! And it also happened that Sinterklaas was late to Antwerp, which I secretly enjoyed! All the kids (and some others...) anxiously awaited his arrival and kept singing Sinterklaas songs and eating waffles to pass the time.
Typically for me, the holidays are a more thought provoking, sort of meditation on the previous year in light of Christ's arrival to earth. I really do hope for some of that this year, but what a thrill to be so excited for something so silly! It's fun to be innocent and expectant moreso than usual, and we actually were commissioned to be like children, right? I definitely feel like a kid right now. Here are some pictures from the Sinterklaas extravaganza, because I've realized pictures make my blog so much more attractive.
And by the way...my brother's getting MARRIED! I'm not sure if it's a secret, but I'm really really excited! It'll be in April or May I guess (which means a trip to Iceland very soon!) Here's a picture of Drew and Sola, just because.
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Married!!!! Oh Fun!
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