This is our first Christmas in Beijing. Early in December we hosted the 'Empty Nesters' from our branch for a sit down dinner and Chinese gift exchange.
There were 28 people from all over the US, most of them were from the BYU Kennedy Center program. They are couples who come teach English at a Chinese university. Most of them live in campus housing. Some of their apartments are pretty sparse. But they are here for 10 months and seem to enjoy every minute of their time in China.
Some had never played Chinese gift exchange to trade white elephant gifts. It was so funny. The greatest gifts were a pickled chicken foot (that really is a snack that parents give to children) and a pickled chicken gizzard. Bet you wish they were yours!
We even had some young married carolers stop by to sing to us. It was a fun evening, full of laughter and good food.
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