All Haitians love to laugh and play!! Even if the kids don’t believe in Santa Claus, it brings great joy to the kids!
This year, our big, tough, worker (over the boys), “Camy,” was Santa! Camy and the kids go around the property each afternoon and pick up trash, and make sure the property is clean. The boys also mop floors and clean their rooms, feed the horses, etc.
Our older kids found the “Santa” costume, and all the kids wanted their pictures taken “with Santa,” before they went to school!
We had been teasing the kids and telling them that “Santa Claus” could not come this year; he had an “upset stomach” and would not be able to see them this year! They all “howled” and danced as Camy put on his Santa Outfit! All the adults loved it as much as the kids!!!
All Haitians are like children… they love to laugh and have joy, especially when times are tough, as they are now… They all know “Jesus is the reason for the season,” but they also know, “a merry heart doeth good like a medicine!” Prov. 17:22
We will keep you posted “if Santa comes back.”
Sherry