Like in the years before, we and our colleagues organized a German Christmas Eve service in Taipei. Altogether we were about 60 people and it was great to have a little bit of German Christmas here in Taiwan. After the service we drove back to our home in Hsinchu (about one hour). Our German colleagues and some other people who came to the Christmas Eve service joined us in our house to celebrate together. We ate German Schnitzel and had a good time together…. On the morning of Christmas Day Amy and Anna went to preschool as usual, as there was some gift exchange they didn’t want to miss. At night we finally celebrated Christmas as a family. After having some good food, we sang some Christmas songs, read the Christmas story, and unwrapped our gifts, which our kids have expected for so long…