The Nativity Scene

Starring Baby Burke Jesus. What an angelic face. I think Gustavo is the Virgin Mary. But they forgot a very important character, the donkey. Next year, someone's got to dust off the donkey costume and make an appearance. I'm volunteering to not be the back half.

Christmas Choir

The Christmas Choir performing at the VMF Christmas Party. They had an encore performance the next day right before the midnight mass.

Bacon Santa

Bacon Santa is an exhibit in the MAAG, the Christmas Artshow. I think Bacon Santa is a few years old. I'm suprised there is a Jesus Bacon Christ.

This is our Lady of the Snow

It was put up by the Navy Seebees as a memorial to all who have died in Antarctica. Its our there on Hut Point. Its in remarkably good shape considering it's exposed to the elements. I remember we had one similar in the grotto in our house in the Philippines.

Secret Santa

I got my Secret Santa Ildiko a pair of touchscreen gloves, hope she likes it. Ildiko got her daughter Fanny. It was also Fanny's birthday, so she got a camera case that Ildiko made and a scrapbook with pictures. Very sweet. Not gonna lie, I almost teared up. Ling was my Secret Santa, I got s pair of slipper, gloves a lot of candy and a Santa hat. Ling went all out, she left me a lot of hints during the week too. I knew it was her because 1. she knew where I lives, 2. I know she has a huge stash of candy, and 3. her last gift was wrapped in a foam net that I'm sure came from the chinese supermarket fruit section.

Midnight Mass

Midnight Mass in McMurdo. This is the first midnight mass I went to where there was not even a priest. the Monsignor got stuck in Christchurch s he emailed his homily to us. We should have setup skype so we can teleconference with him.

Ran the Obhill Uphill

Lot of fun, but so very tiring. We started off trotting nicely, then it went vertical and the last little bit was more like the Obhill crawl.