Christmas in the UAE: Blue Santa — عيد الميلاد في الإمارات: بابا نويل ازرق

December 25, 2011 at 18:25 · Filed under Abu Dhabi, Melting Pot and tagged: christianity, christmas, Emirates Palace, hotel, jumeirah, religion, santa, uae, xmas, عيد الميلاد

*(Are we saying this now?)

Even though the Emirates Palace apologized for its last year’s “attempts to overload the tradition” by decking out a 43-foot plastic tree in diamonds and pearls, the UAE is hotter on X-mas than ever before.

According to one very high level administrator at a foreign-run university in the UAE (and I paraphrase), “the government was giving me flak for not putting a Christmas tree on campus.” Apparently, they wouldn’t have been cool with a menorah.

Happy holidays!

Photos above: lobby of the Jumeirah Hotel
Abu Dhabi, UAE

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