Bon jour mes amis

Some Saturday charm.

First off, what our tree really looks like

The Christmas market of Chauny! Small, cute, and weird.  
For sale:  honey, sculptures made of beeswax, soap, and 
Superman tees.

I couldn't pass these up.  They were a steal.  Name ideas?  
Here we've got a beaver (I think) and a reindeer, 
I've been told.  (What is the green patch?)

A very sweet little old lady sold me this hat for an incredibly 
low price.  Handknit, wool, and with a pom-pom!  
I could not say no!  Plus I think I supported her church.  
And this is a weird picture of me in a church!

A little time on your hands + magazines

Festive map!

Chaunois band (I like the elf hat)

HEY LADIES

La cuisine.  Tree and more snowflakesss (I learned how to 
make fancy and complex flakes)

Norman brought these home for Ruth and I.  Good 
roommate, huh?  Little doughy sugar-encrusted guys.

Norman and I went to a church concert this evening (my request).  It was an a capella Christmas show.  Super cute.  Here is a snippet.  Many songs were sung in English (my Bonnie lies over zee ocean, my Bonnie lies over zee seeeee) and it was beautiful.  The townspeople did an encore, but they sang two songs which had been sung previously during the snow.  I was expecting a hidden gem of a track, but no.  Whatever though. I like Amazing Grace enough to hear it twice!

My Christmas packages are mailed and school is winding down.  Just a few more weeks until I spend Christmas in GERMANY!