O le Piñata Faate’ia

Saunia e Maryssa Dennis

O Mekasini a le Ekalesia

(E faavae i se tala moni)

O lenei tala sa tupu i Mekisiko.

family outside grandma and grandpa’s house

O le aiga atoa o Alan o loo i le fale o Abuela ma Abuelo (Tinamatua ma Tamamatua) mo Nochebuena (Vaeluaga o le Kerisimasi)!

Talofa, Alan!

Susu mai i totonu! E manaomia i tatou e Aunt María.

aunt talking to kids

O le a tatou aoaoina se siva faapitoa e faaali atu i tagata uma taeao. O le a ou aoao ia te oe le faiga.

family dancing together

Fesoasoani i le Tasi ma le Isi! O le mea lena e fai e lo matou aiga.

two boys giving a high five

Ua matou maua! Manaia le galuega.

Lelei tele! O le a tatou faatinoina la matou faaaliga mo le aiga taeao.

grandpa holding star-shaped piñata

O ai la ua sauni mo le piñata?

grandpa hanging up piñata

boy hitting piñata to break it open

kids covered in white flour

Abuelo, o se falaoamata lea?

Sa’o! Faate’ia!

family sitting around dinner table

O le manaia ia o lenei mea. O le meaalofa sili o le Kerisimasi e mo lo‘u aiga atoa ina ia faatasia!

grandma talking with grandson

Ae tatou te o mai iinei i Aso Sa uma pe a tuua le lotu.

Ona ou laki tele lea e maua lava la’u meaalofa o le Kerisimasi i vaiaso uma!

grandma and grandson hugging

Feliz Navidad(Manuia le Kerisimasi)!

◆ Tagai i le Sau, Mulimuli Mai ia te A‘u mo le “O Le Aiga: O Se Folafolaga i le Lalolagi” ma le Kerisimasi.

December 2021 Friend Magazine

Ata na tusia e Christina Forshay