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A very wonderful APIA holiday party this year happened on Sunday with 9 countries represented!\u00a0 We shared stories and holiday traditions (cakes baked with special treats for future tamale purchasers, summertime Santas, mean Krampus, posadas, reyes magos, pinatas, caga tios and to look out when walking the streets of Thailand in summer if it’s a water throwing day…).\u00a0 Deliciously buttery cookies, spicy mango pops, triple chocolate cakes, marzipan, shortbread and so much more.\u00a0 Wishing all you ladies a magical season here in the US, sharing and learning all that you can!<\/p>\n

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A very wonderful APIA holiday party this year happened on Sunday with 9 countries represented!\u00a0 We shared stories and holiday traditions (cakes baked with special treats for future tamale purchasers, summertime Santas, mean Krampus, posadas, reyes magos, pinatas, caga tios and to look out when walking the streets of Thailand in summer if it’s a Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,10,76,16,17,21,24,25,29,31,35,40,52,55,60,62],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-au-pair","tag-baby","tag-child-care","tag-childcare","tag-children","tag-cross-cultural","tag-eastside","tag-family-activities","tag-host-family","tag-kids","tag-live-in-childcare","tag-nanny","tag-seattle","tag-toddler","tag-wa","tag-washington"],"yoast_head":"\nChristmas "logs", cookies and elephants - 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