When I was a little girl, children in Costa Rica used to write a letter to el Nino Jesus (Baby Jesus) not to Santa, since it was on Noche Buena (Christmas Eve) that we placed the little figure of Baby Jesus in the Portal before going to bed and waking up early to collect the gifts placed near the Portal.
Later... because of the movies and globalization, Costa Rican kids started writing to Santa and Parents woke up even earlier to place the gifts under a Canadian imported pine decorated with fake snowballs. Little-me decorated a different kind of Christmas Tree, a Cipres (Cypress) Tree!. Which reminds me... Cypress the real smell of Chritmas in Costa Rica, not Ginger Cokkies, although we love eating them now...
Tonight I am watching a Chritsmas movie, writting my letter to Jesus, working on the Advent Calendar DIY and the Crown of Advent made of Cypress, on Sunday a special prayer will take place
It smells like my Christmas back in 1990 , so Little-me and me have a busy night ahead ...
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