It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...

It snowed this morning!
This morning, I awoke to see a layer of snow falling lightly and blanketing the city streets (yes, it stayed on the ground and yes, this is unnaturally early for snow in Vancouver). My roomate, Jordan, and I quickly got dressed and ran out to the fire escape deck where we could be outside with the snowflakes (actually, mini-hail balls, but for prettyness-sake I'll call them snowflakes). Back in our room, we played the Christmas carols we had downloaded on Jordan's computer and got ready for our first day of kettles, realizing that today is December 1st and we could open our advent calenders! As we walked to the command center, our footprints stayed where we put them in the white plush, our jackets got covered in little white balls of frozen ice, and the sky seemed to dance with the merriment of the Christmas season arriving today in full bloom. It was interesting to notice last night, walking back from the Christman community houses near Oppenheimer Park (where 40 some Christians live in communtiy together soon to be 55! which is awesome and makes me really happy), that there is a giant santa claus hat on top of the revolving restaurant that stands in the cityscape, lit up so brightly that it's impossible not to notice in the night sky. I'm not sure whether this would be accepted in Toronto, where I'm from, or not, as there are debates and law suits every year over the publicity of Christmas trees in the city. But that doesn't matter right now, because the month-long party celebrating Christ's birth is beginning!
With kettles, snow and December all starting today, the Christmas spirit is abounding here (more money for kettles perhaps....?) in great joy and fellowship. I pray that the excitement and joy of the party would reach you and your community wherever you are also.
'Tis the season!!

Peace,
Megan