The Christmas season doesn't start here until the week before Christmas. Suddenly people put up Christmas lights, decorations pop up in the Plaza de Armas, and rows of shops take over the downtown streets. Everywhere you look you see stacks of Paneton, a tradition started back in the 50s by Italian settlers who had to have their Panettone. This tall sweet bread is yummy, and we've had some almost every day for the past week. Sunday our Christmas choir made its debut in church at Chao where the newly combined Chao/Nuevo Chao branch met for the first time. It broke many hearts to dissolve our dear Nuevo Chao branch, but it will be much stronger this way. Sunday evening the choir sang in the Plaza de Armas in Virú along with our children's choir. It went so well that Tuesday we'll perform again in the town of Victor Raul, and maybe even in Chao.
 |
| This is President Blas's favorite picture, so he put it in the Plaza de Armas. |
 |
| Christmas Choir in Virú |
 |
| Choir with children singing "Burrito Sabanero" and "Cholito Jesús" |
 |
| Christmas decorations in the Plaza, Virú |
 |
| More Christmas decorations |
 |
| Papa Noel with shades and cotton snow |
 |
| Bottle tree and cup snowman |
 |
| Beautiful at night |
 |
| Ohhhhh! |
 |
| Ahhhhhh! |
 |
| Cooool! |
 |
| Boracho tree made from wine bottles |
 |
| Don't forgery the Panaton! |
 |
| Christmas shopping in Virú |
 |
| Lots of shops |
 |
| Our display in the Plaza |
 |
Meat pies for Christmas |
Love the variety of trees! Feliz Navidad! Lovely couple!
ReplyDeletePapa Noel is a good name for Santa
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures Mom! Beautiful to see the way they celebrate Christmas in Peru. Awesome job with your choir!!!! I would love to sing in a choir with you as the teacher/ conductor!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to show the children the Christmas pics. Jenn is not sure how to call from fb. I will be back in town this wed and will pick up the kids on the way to the house. We will check in with you Thursday morning to see if we can talk then.
ReplyDeleteYour meat pies are making my mouth water!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to have the clarification on "burrito" from our Christmas call. It totally changes the song for us. ;)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely LOVE the pictures!
ReplyDelete