A Goan Christmas

The kids were gutted that we wouldn’t be sharing Christmas with all our wonderful extended family in Australia, so we went out of our way… to Goa in fact… to give them a great Indian Christmas.

The kid's suite in the Holiday Inn Resort.  Bunk beds, bean bags and life sized bears!
The kid’s suite in the Holiday Inn Resort. Bunk beds, bean bags and life sized bears!

The Christmas Eve buffet stretched all the way back to Pune and included every possible cuisine and some very creative decorating.
Yes. This is a chicken band diorama.
Yes. This is a chicken band diorama.

Fruit canoe
Fruit canoe

Christmas kids
Christmas kids

The kids woke up to their Christmas stockings (smuggled from home) and lots of cards and presents from family, plus the ones that Lucinda made.
Lucinda's pretty cards
Lucinda’s pretty cards

Christmas night we wrote our wishes onto a paper balloon and watched it float over the Arabian Sea.
waiting for the paraffin wax to light and warm the air in the balloon
waiting for the paraffin wax to light and warm the air in the balloon

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Audrey wished for 5 unicorns.
Audrey wished for 5 unicorns.

Merry Christmas x

Paper Christmas Stars
Paper Christmas Stars

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