It might be my imagination, but there seemed to be much more Christmas spirit in Dubai this year. The malls were all decorated and Christmas decorations were available everywhere. Santa was even at one of the malls. Obviously he is very popular because the line up to visit was huge. Zoe and Chase opted to send an email to him instead.
It was "business as usual" around here on December 25th. However, since it fell on a Friday (the first day of our weekend and the day of prayer) I was able to be home all day with the family. Malls were open, but traffic was light.
Our Christmas morning began at 5:01 am when Zoe came sneaking into our room to let us know that Santa had been and to share a description of what the presents looked like. Morning coffee was not an option before gift opening!
After the excitement of gift opening, the kids settled in to play. We enjoyed the sights and sounds of the thunderstorm with our morning coffee. It looked like we were in for a day of rain, but it cleared and we had beautiful blue sky and a temperature in the mid 20's.
One of Chase's gifts was a remote control Ferrari. After the battery charged a bit, we headed to the top floor our our parking garage to let him try it out. Appparently it has too much power to be used in the apartment.
As usual, Rick prepared an amazing Christmas dinner complete with most of the fixings. We invited a friend to join us and we had a lovely festive day.
On December 27th, Rick went to our local grocery store where they were playing Christmas carols and finally had in their full stock of turkeys!!
Zoe and Chase are still on a break from school. At the college, it is end of semester so the students are busy with exams and so I have a chance to try and get caught up.
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