Sadly the holidays are over. I love getting in the holiday spirit early, here in Brazil you can see Christmas decorations as early as October. But once they are over, I am over it! Our christmas decorations came down 2 days after the new year. Leto informed me that the "right" day to take down Christmas is Jan 6th... Oh well! Brazilians have a specific day to put up household decorations, and take them down. I believe the day to put them up is Dec 14 (but i am not 100% sure), and the day to take them down is Jan 6th. Too many rules! I put of decorations when I feel the holiday spirit coming on, and i take them down soon after the new year. Its very easy for it to stop feeling Christmasy here because it is summer and in the 90s as i write this. I feel sorry for the people of the southern hemisphere because the over indulgences of the holidays are right smack in the middle of summer! No hiding behind layers, sweaters and coats. And even worse, no ugly Christmas sweater holiday parties :-( But you cant be too sad when it is finally beach weather! Leto and I are planning a day trip to the beach this Sunday, and hopefully the weather will be on our side! My white legs are in desperate need of some sun. Although, I am sure they will be red before they are tan!
This past New Year's Eve marked our 6th NYE together! Amazing! We started off the night at Leto's parents with a NYE dinner of lasagna. It is much more traditional to spend NYE with your family than in the US. I think i stopped spending NYE with my family as soon as i could! But here it is another holiday to have a late meal and spend time with family. We tried to do the countdown on Paulista Avenue with Leto's sisters and nephew.... Its the Times Square equivalent in Sao Paulo. We got there about 2 hours early, which was about 1 hour and 45 minutes too early. Leto is not big on crowds and it started to rain so we left at 1130, hopeful we would get home before the countdown. Ceci fell asleep in the car and we ran to the elevator and made it in our apartment just in time to hear Leto's watch beep midnight. We put Ceci in bed and headed to the balcony to see the fireworks. We live on the 16th floor with an unobstructed view of the south eastern part of the city. While the Brazilian obsession with fireworks normal annoys the heck out of me, on this night it was an amazing sight! Leto and I had some champagne and called it a night at about 1am. All in all it was a nice NYE! 
We had a NYE "part deux" party at our friend Ligia's apartment yesterday. It was nice to see friends, and Ceci had a wonderful time being social. In Brazil almost everyone wears white on NYE. I asked Leto why, but of course he had no clue. A little googling reports that it " is traditionally believed to bring and sustain good luck for the rest of the year." It is a nice tradition, even though it rains most NYEs and it becomes a giant wet t-shirt contest!
Ceci, danceing to Gangnam Style, her favorite song!
Love, Kathy Leto and Ceci!
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