First of all, we order all of our gifts through Amazon, so they get delivered to our family in Canada within a couple of days without us having to mail a single package. This way I never have to go near any of the busy shopping centres here.
We also don't have to put up Christmas lights on the outside of our house. We always seemed to wait until it was freezing cold outside before we put up our lights, but you feel obligated to do so, because no one wants to be the only person on the street without Christmas lights.
We don't have to entertain as much. We usually have a big gathering at our house on Christmas Eve, but this year we decided to go downtown and look at the lights and the huge Nativity Scene that they put up every year in Plaça Sant Jaume. We gave each of the kids a pocket full of change, so that they could give it away to whoever they wanted. The kids really enjoyed giving money to every musician on the metro, panhandler they saw on the street and the guy selling tissues.
For Christmas dinner we had 10 guests and this year we served pulled pork sandwiches and potato salad. I kind of enjoy not having to cook a big turkey with all the trimmings.
Right after Christmas we were able to travel through the South of Spain (Andalusia). Which I will blog about later.
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