My Christmas was a quiet affair. I spent all day lying in the shade, reading. I took a dip in the ocean, and then a nap.
For dinner, I had grilled lobster and mom had red snapper.
For dessert, we opened the box of gingerbread cookies that mom had brought with her from Sweden and shared it with all the other guests and the staff too.
Then, a bonfire was lighted and mom and I and the other guests, two Belgians, three Germans and a Congo-Brazzavillean, sang “Silent night”. On the ocean, there were 54 boats, with lighted lanterns on each, floating like a band of stars along the horizon.
Katja Malmborg 