This December, we gathered with 3 other clusters at the Arlington Center for the Arts to celebrate the holidays.
We enjoyed food that we all contributed, holiday music and caroling, a yankee swap, as well as a visit by Santa.
For more photos, please go to holiday party.
This December, our au pair cluster joined four other clusters to celebrate the holiday season. Over 100 au pairs enjoyed the festivities.
We enjoyed traditional American holiday food as well as international dishes that the au pairs supplied. Santa came to visit and spread a lot of joy. Au pairs brought gifts end participated in a fun yankee swap game.
For more photos, go to au pair holiday party
In December, we joined another local au pair cluster and celebrated the holiday season at ArtLounge in Arlington.
Au Pairs had a chance to mingle, listen to holiday music and enjoy refreshments. They also participated in a fun Yankee Swap.
Half way through the evening, an artist came in to lead those who chose to paint through the steps of creating their own painting. It was interesting to observe how each au pair put her personal touch to the painting.
For more photos of our celebration, go to Holiday Party.
Last week, we had our annual au pair holiday party. We joined another cluster in Lexington and went to the Yantze River Restaurant in Lexington Center.
Au pairs ate from the plentiful buffet, did a yankee swap game and sang holiday songs in their language. 
We ended the meeting by caroling around the Lexington Center Christmas tree.
For more photos and some videos please visit Holiday Party
Pictures with Santa
Last weekend, some of my Boston area colleagues and I threw a holiday party for our au pairs. Between us and all attending au pairs, we had an amazing selection of international dishes.
Our party was packed with fun activities: a visit from Santa, a yankee swap game and caroling in many languages.
Yankee Swap
Feliz Navidad!
For more photos of our holiday party, please visit Au Pair Holiday Party 2012
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Bettina's au pair group
Boston area community counselors
On Sunday, we celebrated the holidays with other Boston area au pair clusters at the Scout House in Concord. Over 150 au pairs participated in the au pair holiday gala.
Counselors supplied holiday music, decorations, main dishes like ham, turkey, lasagna, as well as a holiday punch. Each au pair was asked to bring food to share from her country.
Au pairs also participated in a gift swap game during which they were asked questions like “Who has visited the Grand Canyon,” or “Who has an American boyfriend?” As you can imagine, there was a lot of laughter involved.
Gift Exchange Game
As a conclusion to a fun evening, au pairs also split up into country groups to sing traditional holiday songs from their country. Here are a few samples:
At the end of the evening, the au pairs got together with their counselors and received a gift.
For more photos and videos of our holiday party please go to Holiday Party 2011 and Au Pair Holiday Party 2011
