O Tannenbaum

Happy New Year everybody! I figured I'd take a picture of my tree before it was time to put it away. But next year it'll look better. I'll be hiding those cables.

Images of Christmas, Part III

My uncle and his family bought a new treetopper for 2005. They call it the "Vegas Angel" for obvious reasons.

Images of Christmas, Part II

Every year, my grandmother buys this type of cake and has "Happy Birthday Jesus" written on it. We also sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. This picture serves as proof that I'm not making this up.

Images of Christmas, Part I

The star lantern represents the Star of Bethlehem and is an essential Christmas decoration in the Philippines. This lantern was one of many displayed at St. Augustine in South San Francisco, a parish with a high Filipino contingent. There was probably something wrong with my taking a picture inside a church. Well...at least I didn't take the picture during Mass. That really would have been wrong.