Caroling Caroling Thru the Sand

On Christmas Eve, the 3 of us, Nafi, and Rita went out caroling to our friends' and family's homes. We had told them that we were coming by to greet, but that we couldn't stay long because we had lots of households to greet. They understand Christmas (Noel) here to some degree, but we used this opportunity to tell them why we celebrate and that we wanted to celebrate with them because that's what we would do with our families and they are our African families. We would arrive at a house, sit down and talk for a bit, tell them why we'd come and why we celebrate, and then sing for them. I'm not gonna lie...at first I thought the singing part would be kind of awkward. I mean, we were singing in English. I'd imagined us just sitting there singing while they all stared at us then looked at each other like, "Whaaaaat...this is so weird." But they didn't! As soon as we started singing their faces lit up and they would immediately start clapping along...in perfect beat, of course, because they're awesome. And sometimes they'd even start dancing. Such a good time. We even stopped at MacParadise for burgers (they're the best in town) and dates (the kind you eat).