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The Holiday Season in Puerto Rico 2019

The holidays are in full swing here in Puerto Rico this year. The festivities are on fire and it seems that every other day we have one party or another to attend. It has been so much fun! Thanksgiving with our neighbors, birthday parties, cookie exchanges, encendidos, parrandas, school parties and more. It has been non-stop. It is so true that Puerto Rico knows how to party and the winter Christmas season is the best for that!

   

When we haven’t been out having fun, we’ve been trying to take advantage of the extra time we have with Aeden in daycare and the fact that it has been so much cooler in order to expand the gardens. We recently planted over 35 new cultivars of heliconias and are so excited to see them grow! The cabana has been steadily booked with guests and so that keeps us busy with maintenance, tours and turnover. It’s been a very fufiling time in our lives. I’ve been trying to make more videos in order to capture the essence of life these days, sort of “vlog” style if you’d like to watch some other things that we’ve been up to. Here’s our channel: LIFETRANSPLANET YOUTUBE


Christmas Fun


Primer Cumpleanos for friend Nico’s Birthday Party


Holiday fun. At the beach, with a Norfolk pine (a tropical Christmas tree!) and surfer statue has been Santa-fied


Winter is the best time for a swim!


Or just visit the beach


There was a fun party at the lighthouse


We went out to the encendido in the Rincon Plaza – the best orchestra in Puerto Rico (Orquesta Sinfónica)!


Cows and geckos- normal sights


Had a fun stop at Tres Sirenas Inn


And an awesome farm called “Finca Brutal”



Thanksgiving with our neighbors was a lot of fun!


The beauty of this place still astounds me


More fun out and about



Some new additions to the garden and harvests


Preparing for a flower delivery and working outside in December!


Check out this GIANT heliconia called “Beefsteak” or Mariae. With our new friend Carlos

It’s been an active period of growth, literally, while we enjoy the holidays as well. We hope yours are going well also! Felicidades.

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End of the Christmas Season in Puerto Rico

Christmas in Puerto Rico is finally winding down after nearly two months. Yesterday was Three Kings Day which marks the official end of the holiday season. Three kings (or Reyes Magos) would more closely translate to the three wisemen. This is the time when kids put grass in a shoe box in the evening for the camels that carry the kings to their houses bringing even more presents and adults go out to party some more.

The season of fireworks and fiestas may be drawing to a close, but the party spirit of the island never truly ends. I’ve never lived somewhere that values happiness, “compartiendo” and “gozando” so much as here!

Felicidades
This time of year you can say “Felicidades”  anywhere you go -Happy Holidays

In the middle of December we were driving home and saw both sirens and lights flashing from the police. Generally the police here are very laid back and you will rarely hear any actual official sirens so we wondered what in the world it could be. Well lo and behold there was a Rincón-wide night parade at 10pm. Every vehicle in the municipality’s fleet came out to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Even the school buses and the trash trucks were on display! They threw out little bags of candy every so often too. It was just so funny and awesome!

We’ve enjoyed the holiday season and getting swept up in all the festivities and parties. Everyone is in a social, happy mood. The tourists are in town and from what we hear it’s a good season for all the businesses that cater to them. Even the car rental agencies are running out of cars! I can see why…this time of year is just amazingly beautiful to be in Puerto Rico.

Sunset wave
Palm trees, waves and 80 degrees in late December

We rang in the New Year with our band making our own noise. Such a fun group of talented people and an amazing creative outlet. I just love it! We even have a gig we’re preparing for coming soon!

New Years Jam
In the Jam Space with La Banda currently sin nombre

Britton sunset
Enjoying Rincon’s famous sunsets at the lighthouse park

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The Last Colorado Thanksgiving

If everything goes according to plan, this will be our last Thanksgiving and Christmas living in Colorado (at least for a long while). Next year we will be in Puerto Rico and everything will be different. So, it was extra special to be able to have Thanksgiving at our house with both sides of our family. We have so much to be thankful for and are grateful to be so blessed.


Most of Britton’s family are camera shy but they were there!


My aunt Laura, Anthony and my mom in the kitchen


Three generations


Good food


Drink (Peach Wine drink ingredients)


And entertainment (our nephew Dawson playing Britton’s bass)

 

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Días Feriados

Since the holidays (días feriados) are upon us, I thought some vocabulary for them would be appropriate for the Spanish Tip of the Month.

Common Holidays

New Year: Año Nuevo

Valentine’s Day: Día de San Valentín

Easter: Pascua

Independence Day: Día de Independencia

Day of the Dead: Día de los Muertos (instead of Halloween)

Thanksgiving: Día de Acción de Gracias

Christmas: Navidad

Some associated words and phrases:

Turkey: Pavo
Presents: Regalos
Tree: Arbol
Ghosts: Fantasmas
Monsters: Monstruos
Tomb/Grave: Tumba
Skeleton: Esqueleto
Pumpkins: Calabazas
Santa Claus: Papa Noel (often just Americanized as Santa Claus though)
Star: Estrella
Songs: Canciones

You scared me!: ¡Me asustaste!
What a great party! ¡Qué gran fiesta!
The food is wonderful: ¡La comida es deliciosa! or simply ¡Qué sabrosa!
I ate too much/I’m full: Comí demasiado. Estoy lleno/a.
Thanks for the present: Gracias por el regalo
Merry Christmas: Feliz Navidad
Happy New Year: Feliz Año Nuevo

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