some photos of our Christmas eve and day. Christmas eve started off quite lazily. we sat around for several hours before heading into santa cruz to have lunch and do a bit of shopping. then back to the ship in time to get dressed for Christmas eve dinner. the galley and dining room staff outdid themselves on the food and decor and all the crew looked quite nice. sadly i don't have any photos from dinner itself. we had a Christmas eve service followed by desserts and socializing in the midships lounge. then the fun begins ;) miriam, amy and i retired to our cabin to watch "a charlie brown Christmas" and "irving berlin's white Christmas" until the wee hours of the morning of Christmas day. we had a short pause while we wandered around to leave "shoe gifts". (a dutch tradition that we do on the 24th on ship and leave presents outside cabin doors in shoes and on the floor) we did startle a few other "elves" who were trying to leave their shoe gifts as well :) we finally crawled into bed at 3am and then a few short hours later it was time to get up for the start of Christmas day.
Christmas day we started by heading up to the rolland's family cabin and opening shoe gifts together while drinking hot chocolate. (italian style--thick enough to need a spoon and oh so yummy!) then off to brunch also well done by the galley and dining room. after brunch, it was seriously time for a nap given 2 nights of short sleep hours. in the afternoon back up to the rolland's cabin for a holiday movie and then time for dinner. the evening hours were spent chilling but at about 9pm we packed out 10 or so landrovers and drove in a caravan down to the main part of the harbour where the tenerife symphony orchestra performed a concert followed
by some fire works. my new favorite way to end Christmas day.
b/c everyone needs a pirate ship made from candy! our wrapping job and clue, jenny and john's faces and the ship. =)
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