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Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

December 25, 2013 | by archiveworldraceblogs

It's Christmas! Time to bundle up and sip hot lattes by the fire…. unless you happen to be spending Christmas in Malaysia.

Many of my teammates are experiencing their first non-white Christmas, but as a Floridian I'm feeling right at home in this Malaysian heat and humidity. It's actually colder here than it is back home right now. But it definitely isn't quite home.

As Team Relentless and Team Uniquely Knit (plus our two squad leaders) sat around the tree this morning to exchange gifts, I glanced up at the ceiling looking for my dad's Santa helicopter that's always spinning around on Christmas morning. But to no avail, the ceiling didn't contain pilot Santa – just a fan and some mold spots. Nonetheless, we had a really special morning together as a world race family. I know I have been blessed immensely. So here are some pictures from our world race Christmas in Malaysia. Happy Christmas, and blessings to you and yours on this special day!

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