Sunday, December 7 we had a very busy, joyful afternoon at the Concordia
English Center. We invited the students to come to the Center to decorate for
Christmas and to bake American style cut-out Christmas cookies. Lots of
families came and the children had an wonderful time making the cookies, while
the adults did a great job of decorating the main room.
Cookie baking is not something most Chinese do, as they use stove top burners
only , so this was a real learning experience. We teachers brought in three
portable ovens, which we have in our apartments. Jan Foytek our teacher
volunteer from Keene, NH teaches two children's English classes on Saturday.
The twin boys with the green shirts cutting out cookies are in one of her
classes, as are the girls decorating cookies.
I am decorating cookies with the wife and daughter of Danny, who is one of our
lunch regulars. This little girl is four and she really got into it, especially
the eating part.
