We spent Christmas eve at Patrícia's parents house so we could eat, drink, be merry, see Santa, and exchange presents. Every year Santa stops by near midnight to give the children their presents. He spends his days at the big shopping mall in Brasília, but for about $60 he spends about half an hour handing out presents, talking to the kids, and posing for pictures. And not surprisingly, the children believe in Santa Claus because he really comes every year to personally give them their presents.
As midnight nears the kids go out in the backyard by the pool and sing carols up into the sky to call him. And miraculously, he appears in the livingroom with a sack full of presents. When it is time to go, they go back out by the pool to sing to him as he leaves and to watch his sleigh fly away. It is great fun and the kids are sooooo excited.
We went home early, around one, so we could get up early and drive 13 hours to the beach on Christmas day.
