Small Children's Christmas In Stelpe School

Last Friday, the young children of Stelpe celebrated Christmas together with Santa Claus and dwarfs.
Clown Aleksandrs from Riga together with his clever dog Maria showed a lot of funny tricks.


This girl was invited by Aleksandrs the Clown to be his assistant. She did really well balancing the rotating plate on the rod while dressed up as a clown herself.


Aleksandrs the Clown made funny sketch drawings while some children were posing dressed up as animals, dwarfs or dandies.

My daughter Terēze Neliusa impersonated a violin playing grasshopper. In the picture - before the performance, together with her mother Sandra Neliusa, the mastermind of the festival.

The visit of Aleksandrs the Clown and his assistants was possible only due to the support from our friends in Kjeldås School, Norway

Christmas in Stelpe

Choir of doctors and nurses from the central children's hospital in Riga under the guidance of its manager and conductor Cheslaw Batnya sang the most popular Christmas carols. The texts were projected on the screen so that the spectators could join in. The conductor himself wore a santa costume so it was difficult to recognize him even though he is a well-known person in Stelpe.

Watch a small video:

Our kids (from left) Karlis Elmer (7), Tereze (15) and Daag (5) after the concert.
Later in the evening, there was a dancing party with brass orchestra from Skaistkalne led by Janis Kalnins which was enjoyed by young and old, and lasted till 2 A.M.