Tuesday, October 31, 2006

christmas in october?

Well, yes. At least in Managua, where the shops are already full of Christmas trees, decorations, ornaments, nativity scenes, and Santa Claus. Unlike the USA, there are no major holidays here in October and November (like Halloween or Thanksgiving) to preclude the Christmas season from starting well before you can even imagine singing the familiar carols or making a wish list.

Unless, of course, you have an Amazon wishlist like I do. Since it takes about 2 weeks to get letters and up to 8 weeks to get packages here, I thought in the spirit of the season I would share this with all of you now. Just in case you're interested. : )

After all, there are only 54 shopping days left...

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