My friends Emily and Matt, from Alabama were married on 12/22/07 and I was so honored to be their ring bearer. A ring bearer carries the rings for the bridal party in the wedding ceremony. It was a beautiful wedding and I got to wear a tuxedo.
Here I am looking rather handsome, if I do say so myself.
A beautiful bride, handsome groom, and adorable flower girls.
One of my favorite activities at a wedding is to eat wedding cake. Yum! Yum! This wedding cake was not only beautiful, it was delicious as well.
In October of 2007, I traveled to Europe with my school buddy, Spencer. After hibernating during the overnight flight, I was elated to have arrived at my initial destination, Paris, France. I declared in my most proper growl, “Bonjour!” to the famous Eiffel Tower and gnoshed on crêpes and croissants. Riding on the bateaux down the River Seine, visiting the Musée d’Orsay, Notre Dame, and the Louvre were spectacular. The Opera House and Sacré Coeur on Montmartre were both fantastique.
Spencer tucked me back into my knapsack to travel on to Düsseldorf, Germany along the beautiful River Rhine, then Maaseik, Belgium with their chocolates (yummy, yum!) and workhorses, and The Netherlands to see the windmills.
I returned to the States via a stop in London, all along snoozing in the large, speedy metal-winged bird, dreaming of my busy adventures. Au revoir! Auf wiedersehen! Tot ziens!
I am so excited! I have just returned from my awesome trip to celebrate Thanksgiving in Alabama and now I am invited to celebrate Hanukkah with one of our families from school. I loved their beautiful Menorahs, which are special candle holders with nine branches. Eight are for each candle of the eight days of Hanukkah and one is for the candle “helper”, the Shamash, which lights all the other candles.
Hanukkah has come early this year. I was told that it is celebrated on every 25th of the month of Kislev, which is a month in the Hebrew calendar. It is different than our Gregorian calendar. Hanukkah usually falls around the month of our December.That is why a lot of people think, that it is the Jewish Christmas, but it is not.
I learned tonight that this Jewish holiday lasts for eight days. For each of the eight days a candle on the Menorah is lit after sundown. That is why Hanukkah is also known as the festival of lights. The celebration serves as a memory of the triumph of the Maccabees over the Greek rule, the re-dedication of the Holy Temple and the miracle of the oil lasting for eight days.
The story sounded so interesting that I wanted to find out more.
Hanukkah is the story of standing up for what you believe in. It reminds us not to remain silent in the face of oppression, and not to surrender our rights and identities…
I liked the story a lot. If you want to hear more about it too, just listen to the story by clicking on the play button.
There seem to be different traditions in different countries on how to decorate Christmas trees. I wonder how other Christmas trees around the world look like? Please send us a picture of you in front of your Christmas tree and let us know a little bit about your Christmas tradition. Can’t wait to see these photos.
In my short life, I have seen a beautifully decorated tree in Alabama.
Last year, when I traveled to China and visited a German-Swiss school in Hong Kong, I saw their decorated tree in the school’s library.
