Melkam Gena!!!!
Merry Christmas in Amharic. A good friend of mine reminded me that today is Ethiopoan Christmas.
Since Ethiopia uses the ancient Julian calender, today is what Ethiopia calls Ganna. It is celebrated with praying and chanting the night before then a processions thru the villiage/city to the Church. Then family meals in the evening where they make and eat Doro Wat. If a family has enough money they may be able to add in lamb or chicken.(Thank you TLC.com for enlightening our cultural knowledge) Wow- kinda makes our Christmas celebrations way over the top and extravagant. Im glad our adoption journey is also a good reminded of how God has blessed our family and it is our responsibility to thank him and pass that blessing on.
I think next year we will try to learn and make Doro Wat in honor of the country that will place with us our new son.
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