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Christmas Ornaments Across the World

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  Multicultural Kid Bloggers have shared the joy of the season by sending Christmas ornaments across the world to give an extra shine to another family’s Christmas celebration.

Portugal:
Catarina from ByCatarina

By Catarina
“Frohe Weihnachten” – a quaint ornament with Christmas wishes from Annabelle in Germany.
ByCatarina
We got a beautiful Christmas stocking in wood and wire from MaryAnne in the USA.
ByCatarina
A lovely miniature tree, hand decorated by Malu in the USA.

 

Northern Ireland, UK:
Crystal from Castle View Academy

Castle View Academy
Catarina and her daughter have sent a cheerful and colourful snowflake from Portugal.
Castle View Academy
Frances from the USA has sent us a felt tree that is beautiful in its simplicity.
Castle View Academy
These are handmade Russian ornaments from Galina in Italy which remind her of her childhood and bring sparkle to our tree.

 

USA:
Frances from Discovering The World Through My Son’s Eyes

Discovering The World Through My Sons Eyes
So excited to have participated in cultural Christmas ornament swap with the fabulous bloggers from Multicultural Kid Blogs. I received the most beautiful hand-made owl felt ornament from Becky in France and two Marzipan dough ornaments from Amanda in Ecuador.

 

Poland:
Hanna from Hanna Cheda

Hanna Cheda
Here’s our very special Multicultural Christmas Tree, where each ornament tells a story: we’ve got a hand-made owl and a London-postcard from Becky in France, a beautiful family picture from Marianna in the US, and a German ornament from Annabelle in Germany.

 

USA:
Kali from For the Love of Spanish

For the Love of Spanish
The glass ball ornament is hand-painted from the Netherlands, sent to us by Olga.
For the Love of Spanish
The lovely wooden mitten with beads and wire was hand-made from Maryanne from the USA – inspired by one of their favorite children’s books, The Mitten.

 

Germany:
Eolia from La Cite des Vents

La Cité des Vents
Daria’s pickle from USA.
La Cité des Vents
Olga’s delicate porcelain Christmas ornament, from the Netherlands (Blue Delft).

 

USA:
Malu from Bilinguazo

Bilingual Eyes Blog
I received a straw snowflake and a Christmas tree from Rita in the UK – so both my boys were able to hang one on their tree.
Bilingual Eyes Blog
We received a pretty star from Eolia in Germany and an elegant ceramic ornament from Olga in the Netherlands.
Bilinguazo
This gorgeous ornament was sent to us by Mari in Ecuador – it is made from tagua by rescued girls in Ecuador, and I’m honored to display it in my home.

 

Ecuador:
Amanda from Miss Panda Chinese

Miss Panda Chinese
As I am packing out and wrapping up our adventure in Ecuador I received beautiful Christmas ornaments from Rita in England! I am sitting in the echoing house and thinking the three beautiful ornaments I have received from dear friends from MKB. I know our Christmas tree will have something special when we arrive in the US.

 

Italy:
Galina from Raising a Trilingual Child

Raising a Trilingual Child 2(372x500)
My kids love these Polish Christmas ornaments we received from Hanna! Two beautiful angels.

Raising a Trilingual Child (375x500)

 

USA:
Carrie from Crafty Moms Share

Crafty Moms Share
Crystal from Northern Ireland sent us this beautiful hand-made snowflake and …
Crafty Moms Share
… this delicate Celtic knot with shamrocks.
Crafty Moms Share
From Becky in France we received a happy owl.

 

Crafty Moms Share
‘Peace’ and ‘Joy’ arrived from the USA, thank you to Kali!

 

Germany:
Annabelle from the piripiri lexicon

The Piripiri Lexicon
Cute little rabbit ornament sent to us by Carrie in the USA. My daughter fell in love with it straight away and it is sitting directly under her very own little tree in her bedroom. No-one is allowed to touch it!
The Piripiri Lexicon
A beautiful metal ornament from Kali from Kansas, USA. Was made to fit perfectly our front door this year.
The Piripiri Lexicon
Hand-made bread dough ornament from Calderon, Ecuador. Sent to us from Amanda.

 

UK:
Rita from Multilingual Parenting

Multilingual Parenting
The gorgeous glass angel from Olga in Switzerland has pride of place in our Christmas tree.
Multilingual Parenting
The lovely mitten from MaryAnne in the USA reminds me of the winters in Finland.
Multilingual Parenting
From the US, Carrie sent us a sweet little rabbit, which has already found a friend in our elk.
Multilingual Parenting
Carrie also made us a beautiful fabric bauble, which is a perfect fit for our heart decoration!

 

A BIG THANK YOU to Annabelle from the piripiri lexicon for arranging the Christmas ornament swap!

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Rita Rosenback is the founder of the Multilingual Parenting site, author of “Bringing up a Bilingual Child” and a Family Language Coach helping multilingual families. She also gives talks and holds workshops for parents and teachers on the topic of bilingual children.
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  1. Crystal McClean says

    This was such a fun swap to do! As we’re an ocean away from my family I get a little lonely, especially at Christmas. I felt such a warm feeling receiving beautiful gifts from around the world, from families who understand.

    Merry Christmas to all!
    Feliz Navidad
    Meri Kurisumasu
    Buon Natale e felice Anno Nuovo