{"id":1040,"date":"2010-12-16T23:51:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T04:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2010\/12\/16\/holiday-partying-with-the-au-pairs\/"},"modified":"2010-12-16T23:51:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T04:51:19","slug":"holiday-partying-with-the-au-pairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2010\/12\/16\/holiday-partying-with-the-au-pairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Partying with the Au Pairs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #b70000\">\u201cHo! Ho! Ho!\u201d were the operative words for close to one hundred au pairs at our multi-cluster holiday pot luck dinner party this past week.\u00a0\u00a0 Held at the historic Concord Scout House,\u00a0 several Boston area clusters gathered for what has become an annual tradition of good food, good fun, and good cheer.<\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_455\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-455\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2010\/12\/IMG_06989-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Santa's visit\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2010\/12\/IMG_06989-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2010\/12\/IMG_06989-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2010\/12\/IMG_06989-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa&#039;s visit<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For more\u00a0 pictures click -&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/s760.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx247\/Pattiestabrook\/Gala%20Holiday%20Party\/\">Holiday Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The evening started with the potluck dinner that reflected the diversity of au pairs that attended. We had appetizers from South Africa, India and Italy, salads from Italy and Colombia, desserts from Germany and Thailand, just to name a few.\u00a0 The community counselors came through with delicious roast ham, lasagnas, and potato casseroles, and our famous Au Pair Punch!<\/p>\n<p>Our special guest, Santa, arrived to circulate and hear what is on our au pairs\u2019 wish lists this year.\u00a0 Peals of laughter and lots of photo opportunities were a part of his extended visit. Then, it was on to the Yankee Swap during which we found out a lot that we did not know about each other, in addition to swapping gifts!\u00a0 It was all in good fun though.<\/p>\n<p>One of the nicest parts of our traditional party is the holiday singing that ends the evening. Each of our many countries\u2019 languages was represented on stage as au pairs gathered together to sing their favorite holiday songs in their native languages to us. This is a wonderful tradition that you can experience now in our YouTube video here on the blog.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Au Pairs bring holiday cheer in song!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gV24KjuDsg?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #b70000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-464\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2010\/12\/0511-0711-0615-2028_Abstract_Christmas_Tree_clipart_image3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"0511-0711-0615-2028_Abstract_Christmas_Tree_clipart_image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Then, after all the festivities, it was time to say, \u201cHappy Holidays to all and to all a good night\u201d as au pairs bundled up and made their way out into the starry December night.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHo! Ho! Ho!\u201d were the operative words for close to one hundred au pairs at our multi-cluster holiday pot luck dinner party this past week.\u00a0\u00a0 Held at the historic Concord Scout House,\u00a0 several Boston area clusters gathered for what has become an annual tradition of good food, good fun, and good cheer. For more\u00a0 pictures  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2010\/12\/16\/holiday-partying-with-the-au-pairs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,5,1],"tags":[12,24,25,33,57,64,82,97,123,137,139,148,154,179,183],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pair-tips","category-cluster-meetings","category-fun-things-we-do","category-uncategorized","tag-activities","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-au-pairs","tag-bettina-velona","tag-concord","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-fun","tag-holiday-party","tag-melinda-brooks","tag-party","tag-patti-estabrook","tag-rhonda-fishman","tag-santa","tag-tina-green","tag-ute-smith"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Holiday Partying with the Au Pairs! - Best Of Boston<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Holiday Partying with the Au Pairs! - Best Of Boston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cHo! 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