The SEA (Shanghai Expat Association) Christmas lunch Party is a big event. Eleri and I went last year with Jennifer and Sophie. This year, I renewed my membership because Eleri had so much fun. This was Emersyn’s first time for SEA Christmas party. We arranged seating to be with the Jenkins (Jennifer, Sean & Sophie) and the Bishops (Faith, Dan, Avery & Riley) at the party.

This is a kid’s party, therefore, the food is all kid-friendly with chicken nuggets, french fries and small sandwiches. The parents do get champagne, but leave the party a bit hungry.

There are all kinds of crafts for the kids from bead making to puppet making. Both, the girls had so much fun making puppets, necklaces and Christmas ornaments. In addition, each child gets a bag of goodies from Santa. In all, it is a fun afternoon for the kids.

Each child gets a gingerbread house kit. Of course, Elle wanted to make her house at the party. I convinced her to wait until we got home. Last year, I dropped the house just as we were getting out of the taxi. My final card to get her to wait was all the other children were waiting until they got home. When we left the party, it was pouring rain. I was thrilled we hadn’t made the gingerbread house. Luckily, Jennifer’s driver drove us as the queue for a taxi was long this Sunday afternoon.

We began making the houses as soon as we got home.