Christmas Eve

Here in Romania there is a tradition on Christmas Eve, Christmas caroling. Romanians love to sing and visit their friends, so caroling combines both. We did not plan on participating, but we were asked by the Ludu family from our church here in Sighisoara to join them. Since we had no real plans, we said that we would love to join them. So we met them at there home at 6:00 PM to practice three Romanian Christmas carols, thankfully they printed them out for us to follow. Then we set out. We visited about nine homes in Baragon and Sighisoara, mainly older women from our church. We eventually ended up here in the Citadel, finishing at Roberta's house. It is customary that after you sing a song or two, you are invited in for sweets and a drink of some sweet beverage. I have to confess that after that many stops, I was starting to feel more than a little sick to my stomach. We got back around 10:00 PM and the boys went to sleep very easy and actually slept fairly good Christmas morning. We had a terrific time, it was so different from our usual American Christmas Eve routines. In our next post we will tell you about our very busy Christmas day. Maurice