Ia manuia le Kirisimasi mai Samoa...

 

Posting twice on this special Christmas day in Samoa, wishing you and yours love, hope, and peace with your family and loved ones.

I've got to give credit to Doug Healy for this wonderful piece of art I wanted to share with you as he encourages anyone to use his art free of charge - a true artist after my heart, too.

Last night was so interesting as after our countdown to Christmas night as a family, we started hearing cars and trucks beeping up and down the road, then watched bikes lit up with Christmas lights riding up and down the street.

Then, there was a procession of cars, utes, and vans with loud music and singing with revellers driving up and down the street. It was definitely a sight to behold.

Then, at 2 o'clock in the morning, yes, I couldn't see because there was so much celebration outside on the street, I heard carol singers or manuao walking down the street. This brought back memories as it was something that I had enjoyed participating in with my family back in Auckland when I was young, we had a Samoan church youth group that would hire a bus, and we would go Christmas carolling on Christmas Eve to church members houses where we'd often get treats. It was so fun to participate in....