I’ve now been living in Argentina full time for four years, and for the Canadian winter months for three years before that, so I’ve seen quite a number of Christmases. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to Christmas being in summer—but I’m not complaining, I love it!

Usually I go to Cecilia’s family dinner on Christmas Eve, called Noche Buena, but this year was a bit different. We were invited to spend a few days visiting Cecilia’s daughter Macarena in Chivilcoy, a small city a couple of hours drive from Buenos Aires. We arrived on Friday and stayed till Monday.

We had hardly got out of the car before Cecilia and I had changed into swimsuits and jumped into the pool! We spent quite a bit of time there and enjoyed every minute.

As we celebrate Noche Buena here, Christmas Day is pretty quiet, so Cecilia and I went to lunch at a beautiful hotel just a few minutes away from Makka’s house and had a lovely relaxing meal.

As I’ve told many people already, we were five people and seven dogs! That’s because Makka’s dog, Naru, had four puppies six weeks ago. They have homes waiting for them, but they have to stay with their mother for another week before they can go, which was great because I got the chance to see and cuddle them! She hasn’t named them, leaving that to their new owners, but they do answer to their numbers!

Here are a few Christmas memories.

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