This photo was taken on Christmas Eve 2008. My host mom threw me a surprise dinner, This was done in the Kyrgyz tradition known as "guesting". My host mom invited me to come and eat with the family as her honored guest, not as her daughter. ...
Christmas was big in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh. There were a couple of christian churches in town and this particular one really put on a show around Christmas.
This picture was taken in my village in Madgascar: Antsampanimahazo. I am standing with my best friend (Jeannine), and her daughter (Santatra), besides her Christmas tree that we just decorated. This picture was taken in December of 2006.
In December 2010, I asked my students if anyone celebrated Christmas in the village. They replied, "No teacher, we know Santa Claus, but he doesn't stop in Cambodia." It was such a sad response that I decided we would have to change that during my...
Three of my students celebrate the holidays in a customary fashion -- with a HUGE party at school! Each class arranged a gift exchange and enjoyed many sugary snacks. Then the hired band (a synthesizer with two singers) started up and the dancing...
One of a series on Jamaican celebrations, I took this photo of a first grader fussing over Baby Jesus as the actors were headed to the courtyard show. Facial expressions of his fellow performers were revealing and priceless. This 12 December...
Oral English classes learned Christmas songs and performed them in class during a party in which we sang English and Chinese songs, danced, ate and exchanged presents.
These children attend one of the few government-run centers in the country catering to families with severe economic hardships and children of working mothers. Just before Christmas 2010, they made these decorations to bring home and spread the...