This last week has been uneventful as far as storms and power outages go, but the nursery has been as busy as ever. Christmas time is a very busy time of year for TLC. Yesterday (Dec 15) all of the government offices and most other companies closed for Christmas holidays. This means that there will be no more babies adopted out of TLC until the middle of January when things get started back up again. The Christmas holidays also mean that many government workers go on holiday, so hospitals and government-run homes try to find a place to take some of their abandoned babies since there won't be as many people there to look after them. So the numbers at TLC are expected to grow during the Christmas season. There were 42 children when we arrived, and we got our first Christmas babies yesterday - two boys named George and Hershel.
Everyone is getting excited for Christmas. Many local groups like to come and put on Christmas parties for the older kids with lots of games, presents, and sweets. The kids love it, and it is so nice to see how thoughtful people in the community are. One group actually took lists from the children of Christmas presents they wanted and brought gifts for each individual child in the house and nursery! Even though there is lots of talk about Christmas, it doesn't really feel like Christmas during the summer :)
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