The days prior to Christmas here is very different from Scotland. There is not the same anticipation or rush about the shops. In fact you hardly notice Christmas is coming; Shoprite has a Christmas tree at the entrance and even some Christmas music playing and the Coffee Den has put a little tree on the counter. However, there are little developments as this year the workers in Shoprite were wearing red and white Christmas hats.
It is not part of tradition here to put Christmas trees up in houses although the national newspaper did have an article describing how some people could prepare their house for Christmas. We put up a Christmas tree, we made our own decorations and played the one Christmas cd over and over again.
We attended the Christmas vigil at 8p.m. Fr. Mkandawire who has just come to the Parish from Nkhata Bay ensured the service was very lively. Some of the youth performed a short drama of the Christmas story. For the first time there was a real family with their newborn baby in the crib; during Mass the baby was baptised Emmanuel.
On Christmas day we attended the English Mass at 7a.m. This was an extra special event because Bishop John Ryan came to celebrate his first mass here.
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| Our Christmas tree with our wooden giraffe standing by |
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| Celebrating with our friends |
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| Drama at the Christmas Vigil |
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| Bishop Ryan addresses the congregation |
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