Merry Christmas

We would like to wish all of our friends and family near and far a very happy Christmas!

There is a Hungarian tradition called betlehemezés, where the young people dress up in costumes and go from house to house performing the Christmas story. In the Bay Area, the children perform once at the Hungarian Catholic church in Portola Valley and once at the Hungarian Protestant church in Redwood City. This year we had a shepherd and an angel in our family.

I had to help with the singing during the play and was actually behind the children and unable to video the performances. I did get some clips of the rehearsal.

Here the angel tells the shepherds the good news:

And the shepherd says that he will go find Bethlehem:

The shepherds are on their way:

The shepherd tells Jesus, "We would have brought you a nice gift, but we are as poor as you are."

Traditionally the performers are thanked with typical village hospitality, such as sausages and brandy. We got macaroni and cheese, chocolate, and bottles of water, but the spirit was the same.

Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket kivánunk!