This year Dan and I celebrated Christmas for the first time by ourselves in Moscow. We had a great holiday, a lot of presents, a lot of friends, and a lot of fun. Here are a few highlights of the season. Our team hosted "An American Christmas" English club for over 30 students! We had so much fun decorating cookies, singing Christmas carols, sharing Christmas memories, and creating some new ones! We are so thankful for these new friends here in Moscow and for their joy in celebrating the holidays with us! We ventured to Red Square for a morning ice skating session. You've already seen the evidence, but we're looking forward to trying this again, what great fun! We gathered as a team on Christmas Eve for carols and a Secret Santa gift exchange. We had a lot of fun together. Then it was off to downtown Moscow for a Christmas Eve service at the Anglican church and some Starbucks to warm us up afterwards. I've decided it's officially better to visit Starb...