{"id":274,"date":"2011-12-06T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T14:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/?p=274"},"modified":"2011-12-06T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T14:10:11","slug":"boston-area-au-pairs-celebrate-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/12\/06\/boston-area-au-pairs-celebrate-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Area Au Pairs Celebrate The Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i1211.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc438\/BestofBoston\/Au%20Pair%20Holiday%20Party%202011\/APXmas2011004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"368\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"   \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20Holiday%20Party%202011\/HolidayParty2011022.jpg\" alt=\"Bettinas au pair group\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bettina&#039;s au pair group<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20Holiday%20Party%202011\/APXmas2011047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"148\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boston area community counselors<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">On Sunday, we celebrated the holidays with other Boston area au pair clusters at  the Scout House in Concord.\u00a0 Over 150 au pairs participated in the au pair holiday gala.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Counselors supplied holiday music, decorations, main  dishes like ham, turkey, lasagna, as well as a holiday punch.\u00a0 Each au pair was  asked to bring food to share from her country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i1211.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc438\/BestofBoston\/Au%20Pair%20Holiday%20Party%202011\/IMG_1324.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Au pairs also participated in a gift swap game during which they were asked questions like &#8220;Who has visited the Grand Canyon,&#8221; or &#8220;Who has an American boyfriend?&#8221; As you can imagine, there was a lot of laughter involved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"   \" src=\"http:\/\/i1211.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc438\/BestofBoston\/Au%20Pair%20Holiday%20Party%202011\/APXmas2011097.jpg\" alt=\"Gift Exchange Game\" width=\"221\" height=\"148\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gift Exchange Game<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As a conclusion to a fun evening, au pairs also split up into country groups to sing traditional holiday songs from their country.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are a few samples:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pmN-BrhyD2E?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F3zJHlxFXg4?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l0GtkuflGao?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the evening, the au pairs got together with their counselors and received a gift.<\/p>\n<p>For more photos and videos of our holiday party please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20Holiday%20Party%202011\/\">Holiday Party 2011<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/s1211.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc438\/BestofBoston\/Au%20Pair%20Holiday%20Party%202011\/#!cpZZ6QQtppZZ20\">Au Pair Holiday Party 2011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, we celebrated the holidays with other Boston area au pair clusters at the Scout House in Concord.\u00a0 Over 150 au pairs participated in the au pair holiday gala. 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