Seven days til New Year: Christmas with Grandpa

I'll keep today's post short and sweet since my post yesterday was such a saga. 

My something new for today is that for the first time ever, I'm spending it with my Grandpa in Vietnam. He's such a cute guy. When he smiles, he has this giant toothless grin. That's what I like to see. Big big smiles that are so happy people can't resist smiling back. Yesterday we went out to Christmas mass, and when we came home we was waiting for us outside. Nawwww Grandpa. And he did the same today when we came back from an outing too. What a cutie :)

Happy Grandpa is happy

Christmas over here in the little provence where he lives is quite extravogant. There are big Christmas displays everywhere and they really go all out decorating the churches. I will try and get some photos just to show you how much effort they put in. It's seriously amazing. 

Over here in Vietnam they go all out decorating churches. Pretty much every church I went past was huge and had these massive displays and lights.

The big animals were moving! Very cool.

This is the church I went to for Christmas Eve mass. It was massive inside and so crowded. It's custom in Vietnam that women and men sit separately on each side of the church. 

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you have a great day where ever you are in the world :) Sending you all my big smiley vibes! :D

City of Perth Christmas Lights Event in Forrest Place

My friends and I were supposed to go to the Twilight Hawkers Market tonight, but it was cancelled due to the City of Perth Christmas Lights Event. We've never been to this before so we decided to go along and watch the entertainment. There was a huge stage and runway set up and rows and rows of seats were set up for the audience. I've never seen so many people in Forrest Chase before!

It was a lovely family event. There were youth performances and an appearance from Santa and Fat Cat. They lit up the large Christmas tree in Forrest Place and had a beautiful Christmas animation projected onto the side of the side of the Commonwealth Bank. 

I really enjoyed seeing all the kids out with Christmas in their hearts. Very cute. I loved seeing the kids wave to Santa and I walked past one family who were posing for a photo and said "one..two...three...Santa" instead of the usual 1, 2, 3 cheese. 

Christmas time makes me feel super cheerful, but knowing that December 25th is fast approaching makes me realise how fast this year has gone. I kind of want to hang on to all my memories of this year, but at the same time I'm ready for what next year has install. 

After the Christmas show, my friend Nhi took me to 140 William street to have a look at the street art up on the building walls. The project is called 140 Art. Check it out the next time you're in the city!