It's hard to believe that Christmas is almost here. Joshua just informed me that today begins the twelve days of Christmas countdown. I had no idea we were that close.
That is understandable because if you live in Thailand there is very little to remind you of Christmas coming. It is still hot every day and most days I am in shorts (in fact it is never cold enough to not wear shorts, but for meetings I need to "dress up"). The weather is no indicator here that Christmas is on the way.
We are also (thankfully) not inundated with Christmas "marketing" to let us know it is on the way. There is a Christmas tree up in the mall here, but I have not been to the mall much lately.
For Thais, Christmas is just another day of the week. Nothing is closed, it is not a holiday. Most will have heard it is Christmas, and there is this fascination with things from the West (thus the Christmas Tree in the mall), but for the most part it is a non-event.
Frannie arrives on Wednesday from America to celebrate Christmas with us. This Sunday we will have a Christmas dinner at our house for everyone in our home church. So I am starting to get in the "Christmas Spirit".
I hope you enjoy your Christmas and its meaning wherever you celebrate Christmas in the world. We enjoy Christmas in Thailand!
p.s. If I make it to the mall before Christmas I will post some photos of what Christmas looks like in Thailand. Who knew that purple, pink and orange were Christmas colors? As we were looking at our "fake" tree we have up in the house we noticed our new lights on the tree include the color pink.
Should we decorate our banana tree?
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Posted by: Sara | 03/10/2010 at 10:42 PM