Agreed to take lots of overseas students to my home for Christmas. Thought it would be nice for these chaps who don’t have a home to go to for Christmas. unfortunately closer to the date, whole family was hit by flu last 2 weeks. Poor wife completely flattened by the virus, was in bed all week. Wondered if we would cope with all these people descending into our house, but we persisted anyway.
On that day it turned out that there were 25 people in the house. Woke up real early to start cooking (wife was up at 0600). Kids opened their presents in a rush, but still enjoyed the process. Rushed to church, then back.
It didn’t turn out to be the disaster we expected. Another family brought some food too, and the students helped clean up in the end. After that most people had fun playing games and Christmas quiz, although I felt my throat is being ripped out in the end of it, due to my sorethroat and me trying to get everyone to participate in the games. People commented that they really enjoyed the day at our house.
Thank God it turned out well.
