Christmas - Buenos Aires Style

Christmas in Buenos Aires was a lot of fun!  Obviously completely different from any family celebration at home but it's good to know that where ever you are in the world you can still mark the occasion and have a great time.

In Argentina the celebration is centred around the night of Christmas Eve, where Argentinians would have a celebratory meal with their families, enjoy fireworks and then go out all night with their friends!  So, we tried to fit in with the Argentinian way of celebrating ...

On Christmas Eve we joined in with a huge BBQ at our hostel, The Chillhouse http://www.chillhouse.com.ar/.  We sat on the roof terrace and ate the most amazing steak I've had so far and chorizo sausage, black pudding, pork ... so, so good!

The Christmas Crew!

At midnight the fireworks start, it sounded like everyone in BA was letting off fireworks.  They love them! It was brilliant to stand on the terrace and see fireworks in every direction - it really was a great way to celebrate.

Despite the partying on Christmas Eve we were still able to celebrate on 25th as well!  I was incredibly lucky to have been sent some Christmas cards and some small gifts from home.  Opening them and reading the lovely messages really made the day feel special and that I wasn't missing out by not being in the UK.
 
Add to that the incredible feast that we prepared which included Christmas decorations, Christmas crackers AND Secret Santa we really did excel in making Christmas a true celebration!

Cracking on with Xmas!

It's not Christmas without a
Christmas Cracker Hat!

What a feast! 

And what's more, we even adopted the Argentinian Christmas song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlZsYMf5gdE as our own.  This comes with a health warning ... one listen and you'll be humming it for days!