The lights at the White Swan Hotel
We told you already about our Christmas Eve with Jen and how excited she was to watch a video and share that special time together. We didn't tell you what was going on outside in the streets of Guangzhou.Christmas Eve is a night of celebration for many in Guangzhou and they flocked to the White Swan hotel to see the decorations -- Christmas trees and lights throughout the lobbies. The hotel has a large decorated tree beside the waterfall. Out the windows of the hotel, the river was lit up with neon lights -- the suspension bridge down river was flashing different colors and a nearby building had 10 story high images of the Olympic mascots (Bei Bei, Jing Jing, etc) illuminating the night. We dressed up Jen in her Mandarin outfit from adoption day and headed out into the streets in the early evening. First we planned to attend the music service at the nearby church but it was overflowing and many were being turned away. Instead we walked the streets and watched the vendors sell flashing lights for children. There were lots and lots of people. Christmas carols in English were being played in lots of locations and shopkeepers and hotel staff were wishing us a Merry Christmas. Jen got so wound up by all the revelry that we turned in for the night and watched the video.
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