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Christmas in the UAE: Blue Santa — عيد الميلاد في الإمارات: بابا نويل ازرق
Merry Christmas!
Happy (fifth night of) Hanukkah!
!*عيد الميلاد مبارك
*(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!
Check the Huffington Post today for more holiday stories from INGULFED!
Photos above: lobby of the Jumeirah Hotel
Abu Dhabi, UAE
