I am completely removed from xmas being up here in my little town but i remember last year as I was in Bangkok and now reflecting back, its kinda kewl that i got to see a Thai version of xmas.
I never will forget the "jinka bells, jinka bells" carols which I have no doubts happens cos maybe the Thai language not have the "jiggle" sounds in their language
For me the 25th was a normal work day, although plenty of expats arrange to take some annual leave so as not to work. there was an expat lunch gathering for the day however i was in the nearby town of
Odd tv moment, as I rarely turn tv on but on English language Natural Geographic say an “asia showreal” about xmas in asia. They showed the ‘xmas elves’ of southern china as they make toys and xmas trees; meaning the factory workers and showed the competition for the design of xmas decorations in Singapore as well as a Japanese Santa going to a father xmas conference in Denmark, who gets ‘accredited’ as a quality-assured Santa who then returns to Japan to teach other Japanese Santas. The Santa debates with Japanese colleagues about how turkey is not real xmas food and everyone should eat pork, cos that was what he was told in
Bet not many of you have thought about Santa schools in
