Feliz Navidad

Christmas time in Uruguay (I'm not sure how wide spread in South America) has some particular customs. Not the least of which being FIREWORKS ! They are legal here and nearly out of control during Christmas and New Year's. This is our batch for tonight. 

 

Everything happens on Christmas Eve, the parties, 
families gather and open gifts, an asado (por supuesto)
and of course fireworks. Lots of them.
This modest cache is about U$25.00 worth ($550 pesos) and is hopefully an optimal selection; lots of small blasts for the kids to handle that will last a while and a decent amount of rockets and explosions of which I'll do the honors.



Since the original idea for this holiday has long ago succumbed to the corrosive forces of commercialism, we are pretty happy with this type of celebration. There are still mobs at the shopping centers, odd gifts from/for people who don't know what else to do, and way, way too much food, but we have each other and that's not bad.

We do miss the snow.

Happy Christmas Everyone