So cool, I was in Costa Rica from December 24 - 28. Very brief trip, but had such a good time. It's so festive there. And they didn't make a big deal out of Christmas either.
So you did the canopy tour! That rocks! I want to do that next time.
Fortunately me and my sister both speak Spanish, and they weren't lying in teh books when they said nobody there speaks English. Ticos speak spanish really smoothly, so they are really easy to understand too. And they add "tico" to the end of everything. It was kind of funny.