Christmas brunch at the Embassy in Delhi... don't think you can get more American than that. Tyler's colleague invites us over for brunch. There's pancakes and sausages, biscuits and gravy, chocolate croissants and Christmas cookies.
And of course, Santa!
Jacob and Dora, 4 1/2 year old twins, don't have a Santa wish list -- they ask him for "anything in your sleigh." And 6-year old Zoe's wish for Santa? "Toys for all the street children."
It certainly seems to be a dichotomy -- young children who know more about the world than some adults I know (as evidenced by Jacob's passionate stories about his trip to Paris last year, when he was 3!) And then at the same time, walking around the American compound seems like a time warp back to the 1950s. Doors and garages wide open; children running outside to jump on their bicycles. Sheltered, suburbia feel.
300 families work in the Embassy, so it really is a community of its own. Softball field, bowling alley, ice cream shop... and of course a grocery store selling all you can possibly want from the US!
It was a fun Sunday, and we left with some good ole' Christmas cheer.
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