Last Friday (22/12/06) the kindergarten kids had their Christmas Party. Normally I would be excited about watching the kids have fun (and effectivly getting the morning off work) but I have now realised that these things always follow the same pattern and are mainly an opportunity for the teachers to take some cute photos of the kids! It amazes me that the kids get excited – well almost!

The most interesting parts of the day were watching the kids sing Christmas songs in Korean and realising how unexcited they were about Santa’s imminent arrival.

I took some video of the singing because it seemed so strange to be listening to a tune I recognised but the words to be totally different.

Santa arrived and I was surprised to see that the kids still weren’t very excited. When I was a kid meeting Santa was one of the most exciting things that could happen. But not these kids, as there were given their presents and had their pictures taken sat beside him most of them succeeded in looking thoroughly miserable! Some of my favourite pictures are below.

After Santa had given out the presents the kids were given some crisps and biscuits to munch on and amazingly, once again, I was given some food! Then it was time for the kids to have their proper lunch and the party was over. No games, no proper fun, just photos and food. To top it all off, in Korea it’s rude to open your presents in front of people so the kids couldn’t even get excited about, and play with, their Christmas gifts because they had to wait till they got home to open them!

Once again I was glad I wasn’t a kid in Korea!

* Posted by j150vsc on 26/12/2006.