{"id":609,"date":"2019-12-09T22:12:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T22:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?p=609"},"modified":"2019-12-09T22:12:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T22:12:56","slug":"holiday-cheer-goes-global-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/12\/09\/holiday-cheer-goes-global-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Cheer Goes Global &#8211; December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Au pairs from Brazil, Mexico, Germany, and Colombia shared their holiday traditions, both country and family and we enjoy a spirited game of white elephant and treats from around the globe.\u00a0 Some of these ladies are chefs in their own right!\u00a0 Coming together as a community is important around the holiday time and stopping to take stock in a tough, but amazing year is part of the au pair journey.\u00a0 And this game is just a lot of fun&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/happyhomefairy.com\/a-super-fun-christmas-game\/\">https:\/\/happyhomefairy.com\/a-super-fun-christmas-game\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-610\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4080-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4080-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4080-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4080.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-611\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4081-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4081-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4081-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4081.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-612\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4083-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4083-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4083-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/12\/IMG_4083.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au pairs from Brazil, Mexico, Germany, and Colombia shared their holiday traditions, both country and family and we enjoy a spirited game of white elephant and treats from around the globe.\u00a0 Some of these ladies are chefs in their own right!\u00a0 Coming together as a community is important around the holiday time and stopping to  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2019\/12\/09\/holiday-cheer-goes-global-december-2019\/\">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":[8,9,11,76,16,17,21,104,24,25,29,35],"class_list":["post-609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-bellevue","tag-child-care","tag-childcare","tag-children","tag-cross-cultural","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-eastside","tag-family-activities","tag-host-family","tag-live-in-childcare"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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