Tree Lighting Ceremony at Ritz Carlton

December 2, 2013-

The Ritz Carlton hotel in Tianjin proudly presents the IST Elementary Children's Choir for their:

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony!

The kids were bussed to the hotel after school on Monday.  The hotel provided a fun, kid-friendly buffet style dinner for the singers before the concert.  Of course Santa and his Chinese elves paid the kids a visit:

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Happy Annika with her gift from Santa:IMG_9003

Ava was so excited to get a gift from Santa!IMG_9004

The singers all dressed up in their beautiful choir uniforms- Chinese dresses called qipaos.

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The Mamarazzi and the Paparazzi enjoying the concert:IMG_9015

The hotel had hot drinks for their guests and they had this gorgeous display of gingerbread houses:IMG_9022

Can you spot Annika and Ava?IMG_9026

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My two beautiful girls. 🙂

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Time to go home!  It's Monday night…which means it's a school night.