Anyone ever spent Christmas in an Arab country? Moving there in 2 weeks and wondering what I might expect at Christmas time. Moving to a large, modern city in a country that has a liberal application of Sharia law. Er, women can drive, don't have to wear abaya and can attend church and own a bible.
christmas in the Arabian Peninsula?
by JWdaughter 2 Replies latest social current
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littlerockguy
I lived in Saudi Arabia as a kid from 1976 to 1979 while my father worked for Lockheed and there were other international companies that provided housing and there were other people with kids there and we had xmas trees in our homes there; while we were there most expatriats mixed socially and didn't mix much with the arab community unless you went out to the suk (market). But xmas was celebrated there among the Americans and others from other parts of the world who were living there at that time.
LRG
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JWdaughter
Heck, if you can have Christmas in Saudi, you can sure have it where I am moving. I knew that we 'could' wasn't sure if anyone did.
Was it huge in the compound or whatever-like here? Or was it subdued? The is really what I was wondering. I know there is a freedom to observe, but I was wondering if it was as commerical or if it was more of a religious celebration?